钉子 meaning in English

dīngzi

nail; snag

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 釘子10 strokes

Meaning of 钉子

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dīngzi

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.

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.

对duì工gōng具jù箱xiāng里lǐ只zhǐ有yǒu一yī把bǎ榔láng头tou的de人rén来lái说shuō，所suǒ有yǒu的de问wèn题tí都dōu像xiàng钉dīng子zi。

To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.

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Words that share a character with 钉子.

孩子	háizi	child
儿子	érzi	son
房子	fángzi	house; building (single- or two-story)
桌子	zhuōzi	table; desk
杯子	bēizi	cup; glass
包子	bāozi	baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
本子	běnzi	book; notebook
样子	yàngzi	appearance; manner
日子	rìzi	day; a (calendar) date
椅子	yǐzi	chair
瓶子	píngzi	bottle
例子	lìzi	case; (for) instance

What does 钉子 mean?

钉子 (dīngzi) means "nail; snag" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 钉子?

钉子 is made of 2 characters: 钉 (7 strokes), 子 (3 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 钉子 an HSK word?

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

How is 钉子 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 钉子 is written 釘子.