铲子 meaning in English

chǎnzi

shovel; spade; trowel; spatula (kitchen utensil)

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 鏟子14 strokes

Meaning of 铲子

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chǎnzi
  1. shovel; spade; trowel; spatula (kitchen utensil)

Measure word: 把

铲子 in example sentences

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

铲chǎn子zi是shì用yòng来lái刮guā削xiāo还hái是shì翻fān菜cài的de?
Are spatulas for scraping or turning?
我wǒ只zhǐ用yòng一yī天tiān就jiù用yòng铲chǎn子zi挖wā了le一yí个gè大dà坑kēng。
I dug a huge pit with my shovel in just one day.
汤tāng姆mǔ握wò紧jǐn了le铲chǎn子zi。
Tom clenched the shovel.
他tā用yòng铲chǎn子zi刮guā掉diào黏nián在zài地dì上shàng的de广guǎng告gào单dān。
He uses a spatula to scrape off advertisements that were stuck on the ground.
汤tāng姆mǔ逐zhú渐jiàn了liǎo解jiě到dào,用yòng又yòu大dà又yòu薄báo的de铲chǎn子zi翻fān煎jiān饼bǐng或huò马mǎ铃líng薯shǔ饼bǐng效xiào果guǒ最zuì好hǎo。
Tom has come to know that a large, thin spatula works best for turning over pancakes or latkes.

Stroke order for each character

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

铲 chǎn · to scrape the ground with a spade · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

子 zi · noun suffix · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 铲子.

孩子háizichild
儿子érzison
房子fángzihouse; building (single- or two-story)
桌子zhuōzitable; desk
杯子bēizicup; glass
包子bāozibaozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun)
本子běnzibook; notebook
样子yàngziappearance; manner
日子rìziday; a (calendar) date
椅子yǐzichair
瓶子píngzibottle
例子lìzicase; (for) instance

Questions about 铲子

What does 铲子 mean?

铲子 (chǎnzi) means "shovel; spade; trowel; spatula (kitchen utensil)" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 铲子?

铲子 is made of 2 characters: 铲 (11 strokes), 子 (3 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 铲子 an HSK word?

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

How is 铲子 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 铲子 is written 鏟子.