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黏糊

niánhu
adjective #20,518

Meanings

  1. 1 sticky
  2. 2 gooey
  3. 3 glutinous
  4. 4 (fig.) slow-moving / sluggish

Examples

糖浆黏糊糊的，很难洗掉。
Tángjiāng nián hū hū de, hěn nán xǐ diào.
The syrup is sticky and very hard to wash off.
这个人做事太黏糊了，效率很低。
Zhège rén zuòshì tài niánhu le, xiàolǜ hěn dī.
This person is too sluggish in everything they do — very inefficient.

Tips

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黏糊 is colloquial. The reduplication 黏糊糊 (nián hū hū) intensifies the sticky feeling and is very common in spoken Chinese. In a figurative sense it can describe someone who is slow or overly clingy.

Stroke Order

黏 nián
糊 hú