Chinese symbol for “viscous”
粘稠
nián chóu
viscous; thick and sticky
The closest CC-CEDICT match for viscous is 粘稠 (nián chóu), defined as: viscous; thick and sticky.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “viscous”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 糊糊 | hú hu | viscous; gooey |
| 黏滞 (黏滯) | nián zhì | viscous |
| 黏滑 | nián huá | slimy (of rotten food); viscous |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 粘稠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粘贴 (粘貼) | zhān tiē | to stick; to affix |
| 粘性 | nián xìng | variant of 黏性 (nián xìng) |
| 粘液 | nián yè | variant of 黏液 (nián yè) |
| 粘连 (粘連) | nián lián | to adhere; to stick together |
| 稠密 | chóu mì | dense |
| 人口稠密 | rén kǒu chóu mì | populous |
| 增稠剂 (增稠劑) | zēng chóu jì | thickener |
| 浓稠 (濃稠) | nóng chóu | thick; dense and creamy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “viscous”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.