"Stick" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 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]
 gùn bàng club / staff / stick
 bié to leave / to depart / to separate / to distinguish / to classify / other / another / don't ...! / to pin / to stick (sth) in / (noun suffix) category (e.g. 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])
 bàng stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race
 gùn zi stick / rod
 bàng zi stick / club / cudgel / maize (corn) / ear of maize / corncob / (derog.) Korean
 zhān lián adhesion / to adhere / to cohere / to stick
 gǎn zi pole / stick / club / gang of bandits
 tiē to stick / to paste / to post (e.g. on a blog) / to keep close to / to fit snugly / to subsidize / allowance (e.g. money for food or housing) / sticker / classifier for sticking plaster: strip
 gǎn stick / pole / lever / classifier for long objects such as guns
 gùn stick / rod / truncheon
竿 qiú gān cue (billiards) / club (golf) / stick (hockey)
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 fā tiē to stick sth up (on the wall) / to post (on a noticeboard or website)
 chā rù to insert / to stick in / to plug in
 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than
 jiān shǒu to hold fast to / to stick to
 shù qǐ to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers)
 chā shang to plug into / to insert / to stick in
 liǎng duān both ends (of a stick etc) / two extremes
 jǐn tiē to stick close to / to press up against
 tū xiàn to come to prominence / to appear clearly / to stick out
 chā jìn to insert / to stick in / to plug in (an electronic device)
 tǔ shé tou to stick out one's tongue
 guǎi zhàng crutches / crutch / walking stick
 qiào qǐ to stick up / to point sth up
 jǐn kòu to stick closely to (a topic or theme etc)
 zhàng yì to uphold justice / to be loyal (to one's friends) / to stick by
 mù gùn wooden stick
 bù jū not stick to / not confine oneself to / whatever
 bō nòng to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc) / to fiddle with / to stir up
 tū chū to protrude / to stick out
 ròu bàng meat stick / penis
 nián lián to adhere / to stick together
 shǎn cún pán USB flash drive / jump drive / thumb drive / memory stick
 dà bàng big stick (policy etc)
 nián zhuó to stick together / to adhere
 jiāo zhuó to stick onto / stalemate / gridlock / to agglutinate
 bù jū yī gé not stick to one pattern
 shǒu dòng dǎng manual gear change / shift stick
 tàn tóu tàn nǎo to stick one's head out and look around (idiom)
 jiàn fèng chā zhēn lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom) / fig. to make use of every second and every inch
 nǔ zuǐ to pout / to stick out one's lips
 fēng yǔ tóng zhōu lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom) / fig. to stick together in hard times
 zhú mǎ bamboo stick used as a toy horse
 xiāng zhú joss stick and candle
 nián zhuó to adhere / to stick together / to bond / to agglutinate / adhesion / adhesive
 yíng guāng bàng glow stick / light stick
 bàng hè practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism) / to rebuke sternly
 guǎi gùn cane / walking stick
 nián fù to adhere / to stick to
 bǐ liang to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc)
 biàn sù gǎn gear lever / stick shift
 bā to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail
 xiāng fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根[gen1]
 shé to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag
 tǐng straight / erect / to stick out (a part of the body) / to (physically) straighten up / to support / to withstand / outstanding / (coll.) quite / very / classifier for machine guns
 mò ink stick / China ink / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead
 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch
 zhān to glue / to paste / to adhere / to stick to
 zhàng a staff / a rod / cane / walking stick / to flog with a stick (old)
 dīng to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc) / to say repeatedly / to urge insistently / to ask repeatedly / to stick to a point / (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound
 tū to stick out / protruding / convex / male (connector etc) / Taiwan pr. [tu2]
 qiào to stick up / to rise on one end / to tilt
 nián sticky / glutinous / (Tw) to adhere / to stick on / to glue
 juē to protrude / to stick out / to pout (also written 噘) / to embarrass (people)
 qiān short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc)
 ruǎn yìng jiān shī use both carrot and stick / use gentle methods and force / an iron hand in a velvet glove
 yī kǒu yǎo dìng to arbitrarily assert / to allege / to stick to one's statement / to cling to one's view
 bù zhǔ gù cháng not to stick to the old conventions
 bà wáng biān a rattle stick used in folk dancing / rattle stick dance
 jìn shake / stick into / strike
 zhù percussion instrument, a tapering wooden box struck on the inside with a wooden stick
 sāng bàng funeral stick (held by the son as a sign of filial piety)
 jiān zhí to persist / to continue upholding / to persevere / to stick to sth / stubborn
 jiān chí bù yú to stick to sth without change (idiom) / to persevere
 dǎ gùn zi to bludgeon / to hit with a big stick
 qū gùn bent stick / hockey stick
 zhū shǒu to stick to sth stubbornly / never let go
 zhòu (wooden) stick / roof beam
 nì gǔ stick-in-the-mud / to stick to old ways / stubbornly conservative
 huò fú yǔ gòng to stick together through thick and thin (idiom)
 chī zé to flog with a bamboo stick
 nián chán to stick closely to / cloying
 chù kòng diǎn pointing stick (for notebook computer)
 kòu tí to stick to the topic
 yín dān lunar caustic (fused silver nitrate, shaped into a stick and used as a cauterizing agent)
 tiě zhàng steel staff / steel stick
 nián tiē to glue to / to paste onto / to stick on / also written 粘貼|粘贴[zhan1 tie1]
 qī lǐ xiāng orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) / "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt
竿  luminous stick
 yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it
 jià èr láng tuǐ to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
 wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫
 qiào èr láng tuǐ to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
 chù tóu to be afraid to stick out
 ài tiáo moxa stick, moxa roll (TCM)
 ài tiáo wēn hé jiǔ gentle stick moxibustion (TCM)
 ài tiáo jiǔ stick moxibustion / poling (TCM)
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