| 粘皮带骨 | [ nián pí daì gǔ ] (old) (idiom) muddled, indecisive, plodding |
| 粘缠 | [ nián chán ] to stick closely to, cloying |
| 粘船鱼 | [ zhān chuán yú ] shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates) |
| 粘虫 | [ nián chóng ] army worm (e.g. Mythimna separata or Leucania separata etc, major cereal pests) |
| 粘贴 | [ 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] |
| 粘连 | [ nián lián ] to adhere, to stick together |
| 粘连 | [ zhān lián ] adhesion, to adhere, to cohere, to stick |
| ⇒ 不粘锅 | [ bù zhān guō ] non-stick pan |