zhì

(bound form) sluggish; stagnant

water (氵) + belt (带) = water held back, stagnant

Water that cannot flow freely becomes stagnant — the water radical carries the core meaning of blockage in a liquid or fluid system. 带 (belt, band) is primarily phonetic here, lending the approximate sound zhì.

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BeltPhonetic
WaterSemantic

这条河的水流有些缓,不像以前那么快了。

zhè tiáo hé de shuǐ liú yǒu xiē zhì huǎn,bù xiàng yǐ qián nà me kuài le。

the water flow in this river is a bit sluggish, not as fast as before.

经济长期停会给很多家庭带来困难。

jīng jì cháng qī tíng zhì huì gěi hěn duō jiā tíng dài lái kùn nán。

a prolonged economic stagnation will bring difficulties to many families.

Words with 滞

迟滞

chí zhì

delay

迟滞现象

chí zhì xiàn xiàng

hysteresis

阻滞

zǔ zhì

to clog up

黏滞

nián zhì

viscous

黏滞性

nián zhì xìng

viscosity

停滞

tíng zhì

stagnation

停滞不前

tíng zhì bù qián

stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant

凝滞

níng zhì

to stagnate

呆滞

dāi zhì

dull

暗滞

àn zhì

dull (complexion)

板滞

bǎn zhì

stiff

气滞

qì zhì

stagnation of 氣|气[qi4] (TCM)

More characters with 氵