黏糊

niánhu

adjective #20,518

Meanings

1 sticky
2 gooey
3 glutinous
4 slow-moving; sluggish

Characters

sticky / adhesive

paste / muddle / muddled

Examples

HSK 4

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.

HSK 7-9

糖浆黏糊糊的，很难洗掉。

Tángjiāng niánhūhū de, hěn nán xǐ diào.

The syrup is sticky and very hard to wash off.

Tips

register

黏糊 is colloquial. The reduplication 黏糊糊 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