| 粘 | [ nián ] variant of 黏[nian2] |
| 粘 | [ zhān ] to glue, to paste, to adhere, to stick to |
| 粘乎乎 | [ nián hū hū ] sticky, slimy |
| 粘接 | [ zhān jiē ] to bond, to splice |
| 粘皮帶骨 | [ nián pí daì gǔ ] (old) (idiom) muddled, indecisive, plodding |
| 粘皮著骨 | [ nián pí zhuó gǔ ] see 粘皮帶骨|粘皮带骨[nian2 pi2 dai4 gu3] |
| 粘纏 | [ nián chán ] to stick closely to, cloying |
| 粘聚 | [ nián jù ] to cohere, to group together as a unit, to agglomerate |
| 粘船魚 | [ zhān chuán yú ] shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates) |
| 粘蟲 | [ nián chóng ] army worm (e.g. Mythimna separata or Leucania separata etc, major cereal pests) |
| 粘貼 | [ zhān tiē ] to stick, to affix, to adhere, to paste (as in "copy and paste"), Taiwan pr. [nian2 tie1], also written 黏貼|黏贴[nian2 tie1] |
| 粘連 | [ nián lián ] to adhere, to stick together |
| 粘連 | [ zhān lián ] adhesion, to adhere, to cohere, to stick |
| ⇒ 不粘鍋 | [ bù zhān guō ] non-stick pan |
| ⇒ 魔鬼粘 | [ mó guǐ zhān ] (Tw) Velcro fastener, touch fastener |