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粘

zhān

to stick, to glue

A person glues two halves of a cup together
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Character

粘 zhān

Strokes
11
Radical
米 — rice, millet, grain
Made of
米 rice, millet, grain 占 to divine
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 胶水还没干,文件的几页粘在了一起。 Jiāoshuǐ hái méi gān, wénjiàn de jǐ yè zhān zài le yìqǐ. The glue had not dried yet, and several pages of the document stuck together.
  • 糖果融化了,粘在手上很不舒服。 Tángguǒ rónghuà le, zhān zài shǒu shàng hěn bù shūfu. The candy melted, and it is very unpleasant when it sticks to your hand.
  • 他用胶水把碎了的杯子粘起来。 Tā yòng jiāoshuǐ bǎ suì le de bēizi zhān qǐlái. He used glue to stick the broken cup back together.

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