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钉 meaning in English

dìng

to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 釘7 strokes

Meaning of 钉

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dìng
  1. to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points
  2. to nail
  3. to pin
  4. to staple
  5. to sew on
dīng
  1. nail
  2. to follow closely
  3. to keep at sb (to do sth)
  4. variant of 盯[ding1]

钉 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

车chē胎tāi被bèi钉dīng子zi刺cì穿chuān了le。
A nail penetrated the car tyre.
这zhè个ge钉dīng子zi撕sī破pò了le他tā的de夹jiá克kè。
The nail tore his jacket.
我wǒ斩zhǎn钉dīng截jié铁tiě地dì拒jù绝jué了le。
I flatly refused.
那nà个ge假jià期qī销xiāo售shòu业yè绩jì不bù佳jiā，为wèi博bó尔ěr公gōng司sī敲qiāo下xià了le最zuì后hòu一yī根gēn棺guān材cái钉dīng。
The poor sales during that Holiday season served as the final nail in the coffin for Boar Corporation.
这zhè个ge人rén只zhǐ顾gù自zì己jǐ，不bù顾gù别bié人rén，你nǐ要yào他tā帮bāng忙máng，准zhǔn得de碰pèng钉dīng子zi。
This person only thinks about themselves and doesn’t consider others. If you ask for their help, you’re bound to run into trouble.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

钉 dìng · to join things together by fixing them … · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 钉.

钉子dīngzinail; snag
碰钉子pèng dīngzito meet with a rebuff
钉死dìngsǐto nail securely; to execute by means of impalement
眼中钉yǎnzhōngdīnga thorn in one's side

Questions about 钉

What does 钉 mean?

钉 (dìng) means "to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 钉?

钉 is made of 1 character: 钉 (7 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.

Is 钉 an HSK word?

Yes. 钉 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 钉 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 钉 is written 釘.

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