糨糊 (jiàng hù) — paste (thick adhesive made from flour or starch, used for paper crafts and bookbinding)

Definition

Thick paste made from flour or starch — used for paper crafts, bookbinding, and hanging scrolls/couplets (打糨糊 = mix it up). Note the variant 浆糊 is far more common in everyday writing.

noun
paste (thick adhesive made from flour or starch, used for paper crafts and bookbinding)

Examples

  • 糨糊。
    Tā yòng jiàng hù bǎ duì lián tiē zài mén shàng le.
    He used paste to stick the couplets on the door.
  • 糨糊。
    Xiǎo shí hou wǒ jīng cháng bāng mā ma dǎ jiàng hù.
    When I was little, I often helped my mom make paste.
  • 糨糊，。
    Zhè zhǒng jiàng hù nián xìng hěn qiáng, shì hé zuò shǒu gōng.
    This kind of paste is very sticky and suitable for crafts.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

糨jiàngpaste
糊húpaste

糨 and 糊 both point to a thick paste-like substance, so the word names flour or starch paste.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
米米mǐrice
Sound part声符shēngfú
強
強qiáng糨jiàng
Same sound today

糨 is made from 米, the rice part, and 強, which gives the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
米米mǐrice
Sound part声符shēngfú
胡
胡hú糊hú
Same sound today

糊 pairs 米 (rice) with 胡 (hú), which gives the sound. The 米 part relates to the meaning.

Open 糊 →

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.