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钉子

dīngzi

Traditional: 釘子

nail

HSK 7–9
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Meaning of 钉子 in English

dīngziHSK 7–9nounSyllabus #6311
  1. nail
  2. snag
  3. saboteur

Example sentences

  1. 对工具箱里只有一把榔头的人来说，所有的问题都像钉子。
    duì gōng jù xiāng lǐ zhǐ yǒu yī bǎ láng tou de rén lái shuō， suǒ yǒu de wèn tí dōu xiàng dīng zi。
    To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
    Tatoeba #811119 by fucongcong · #2292 by Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

钉 on its own →
dìng · to join things together by fixing them i

HSK words with 钉

钉HSK 7–9碰钉子HSK 7–9斩钉截铁HSK 7–9
子 on its own →
zi · noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"

HSK words with 子

包子HSK 1杯子HSK 1儿子HSK 1孩子HSK 1饺子HSK 1椅子HSK 1桌子HSK 1本子HSK 2个子HSK 2裤子HSK 2

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences