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螺丝

luó sī

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 螺絲

螺丝 (luó sī) means "screw". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 螺丝 means

1. screw

The characters in 螺丝

• 螺luóspiral shell; snail; conch
• 丝sīsilk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips…

Example sentences

• 现在你只要拧紧螺丝，就大功告成了。
  Now all you have to do is tighten the screw, and Bob's your uncle.
• 他在墙上钻了个洞，把膨胀螺栓塞进去，拧上一颗螺丝，然后在螺丝上挂了一幅阿尔卑斯山的画。
  He drilled a hole in the wall, pushed a Rawlplug into it, screwed in a screw, and hung on the screw a picture of the Alps.

Words starting with 螺丝

• 螺丝钉luó sī dīngscrew
• 螺丝刀luó sī dāoscrewdriver
• 螺丝母luó sī mǔnut (female component of nut and bolt)
• 螺丝粉luó sī fěngemelli (corkscrew shaped pasta)
• 螺丝钻luó sī zuànauger; gimlet; screwdriver (cocktail)
• 螺丝起子luó sī qǐ ziscrewdriver
• 螺丝帽luó sī màonut (female component of nut and bolt)

Words containing 螺丝

• 吃螺丝chī luó sī(of an actor, announcer etc) to stumble over words (Tw)
• 十字螺丝刀shí zì luó sī dāoPhillips screwdriver (with a cross-shaped tip)
• 永不生锈的螺丝钉yǒng bù shēng xiù de luó sī dīnga "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless…

Sounds the same

Read luó sī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 罗斯(name) Ross; Rose; Roth; Rus' (as in Kievan Rus' 基辅罗斯
• 螺蛳river snail

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read luó sī correctly.
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