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钉子

dīng zi

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

钉子 (dīng zi) means "nail; snag; saboteur". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 钉子 means

1. nail
2. snag
3. saboteur

The characters in 钉子

• 钉dīngnail; to follow closely; to keep at sb (to do sth)
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 车胎被钉子刺穿了。
  Chētāi bèi dīngzi cìchuān le.
  A nail penetrated the car tyre.
• 这个钉子撕破了他的夹克。
  Zhège dīngzi sīpò le tā de jiākè.
  The nail tore his jacket.
• 这个人只顾自己，不顾别人，你要他帮忙，准得碰钉子。
  This person only thinks about themselves and doesn’t consider others. If you ask for their help, you’re bound to run into trouble.
• 对工具箱里只有一把榔头的人来说，所有的问题都像钉子。
  Duìgōng jù xiāng lǐ zhǐ yǒu yī bǎ lángtou de rén lái shuō, suǒyǒu de wèntí dōu xiàng dīngzi.
  To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.

Words starting with 钉子

• 钉子户dīng zi hùhouseholder who refuses to vacate his home despite pressure from property developers

Words containing 钉子

• 碰钉子pèng dīng zito meet with a rebuff
• 软钉子ruǎn dīng zilit. a soft nail; fig. a tactful retort or rejection

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dīng zi correctly.
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