What do you mean clingy?

The word "Zhan" can only be pronounced as "Zhan" in daily use except that it still retains the sound of "nian" when used as a surname. Its meanings are as follows: ① Sticky substances are connected or attached to other things, such as "candy sticks together", "eating honeydew melon sticks to teeth" and "hands"; Stick this thing on another thing with glue or paste, such as "sticking an envelope", "sticking a slogan" and "He looks like an old man with a white beard on his mouth". From the part of speech, it only has verb usage.

So grammatically, there is only the word "clingy" and there is no word "clingy".

The word "sticky" is one of the abolished 15 Chinese characters in the Catalogue of Common Words in Modern Chinese (Description) jointly promulgated by the State Language Committee and the State Press and Publication Administration on March 25th, 0988. The pronunciation of "sticky" is nián, which means that one object can be attached to another like glue or paste. Its usage is just like the common words "armyworm", "sticky", "mucous membrane", "sticky rice", "clay" and "sticky", which are usually adjectives.