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钉

dīng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 釘

What 钉 means

1. nail
2. to follow closely
3. to keep at sb (to do sth)
4. variant of {盯|dīng}

Other readings

钉 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dìngto join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin

Example sentences

• 车胎被钉子刺穿了。
  Chētāi bèi dīngzi cìchuān le.
  A nail penetrated the car tyre.
• 我斩钉截铁地拒绝了。
  I flatly refused.
• 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

• 钉子dīng zinail; snag; saboteur
• 钉枪dīng qiāngnail gun; staple gun
• 钉死dìng sǐto nail securely; to execute by means of impalement; to crucify
• 钉牢dīng láoto clinch (a nail); to nail down
• 钉螺dīng luóOncomelania
• 钉钉Dīng dīngDingTalk, business communication platform developed by Alibaba
• 钉头dīng tóuhead of nail
• 钉子户dīng zi hùhouseholder who refuses to vacate his home despite pressure from property developers
• 钉锤dīng chuínail hammer; claw hammer
• 钉耙dīng párake
• 钉钯dīng bǎrake
• 钉书机dìng shū jīvariant of 订书机
• 钉书针dìng shū zhēnvariant of 订书针
• 钉梢dīng shāoold variant of 盯梢
• 钉是钉，铆是铆dīng shì dīng , mǎo shì mǎovariant of 丁是丁，卯是卯

Words containing 钉

• 斩钉截铁zhǎn dīng jié tiě(lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); (fig.) resolute and decisive…
• 螺丝钉luó sī dīngscrew
• 眼中钉yǎn zhōng dīnga thorn in one's side
• 图钉tú dīngthumbtack
• 木钉mù dīngpeg
• 磁钉cí dīngbutton magnet (to use on whiteboards, refrigerator doors etc)
• 耳钉ěr dīngstud earring
• 舌钉shé dīngtongue ring; tongue piercing
• 螺钉luó dīngscrew
• 角钉jiǎo dīngcorner bracket (for securing the corner of a picture frame etc); brad
• 长钉cháng dìngspike
• 饰钉shì dīngstud (for decorating clothing, shoes, belts etc)
• 鼻钉bí dīngnose stud; nose piercing
• 大头钉dà tóu dīngtack; thumbtack; push pin
• 射钉枪shè dīng qiāngnail gun; stud gun
• 碰钉子pèng dīng zito meet with a rebuff
• 订书钉dìng shū dīngstaple (stationery)
• 起钉器qǐ dīng qìstaple remover
• 软钉子ruǎn dīng zilit. a soft nail; fig. a tactful retort or rejection
• 敲钉钻脚qiāo dīng zuān jiǎoto make doubly sure (idiom)
• 板上钉钉bǎn shàng dìng dīngthat clinches it; that's final; no two ways about it
• 拔钉锤bá dīng chuíclaw hammer
• 起钉锤qǐ dīng chuíclaw hammer
• 扒钉bā dīngcramp

Characters that look like 钉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 制zhìsystem; to control; to regulate
• 创chuàngto initiate; to create; to achieve (sth for the first time)
• 针zhēnneedle; pin; injection
• 旬xún(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month…
• 刮guāto scrape; to blow; to shave
• 钊zhāoto encourage; to cut; to strain

Sounds the same

Read dīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 丁male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干; fourth (used like "4" or "D")
• 盯to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at
• 叮to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc); to say repeatedly; to urge insistently
• 町(used in place names)
• 酊tincture (loanword)
• 仃used in 伶仃
• 玎jingling; tinkling
• 耵used in 耵聍; Taiwan pr. dǐng
• 疔boil; carbuncle
• 帄patch (for mending clothes)
• 靪to cobble; to patch
• 虰see 虰蛵