"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
 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 / scoundrel / villain
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
 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
 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])
 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
 qiú bàng (baseball or cricket) bat / hockey 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
 méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 / "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
 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)
 bāo (of a bucktooth) to protrude / to stick out
 tuó mound / heap / lump / classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits) / (of noodles, jiaozi 餃子|饺子[jiao3zi5] etc) to stick together / to form a clump
 yóng (literary) (of a fish) to stick its mouth out of the water
 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
 chuí zi drum stick / bass drum mallet / CL:把[ba3]
 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
 qī lǐ xiāng orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) / "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt
 huǒ chái rén stick figure / stick person
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)
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