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钳

qián

Character Traditional 鉗

What 钳 means

1. pincers
2. pliers
3. tongs
4. claw (of animal)
5. to grasp with pincers
6. to pinch
7. to clamp
8. to restrain
9. to restrict
10. to gag

Example sentences

• 把钳子放在工具箱里。
  Bǎ qiánzi fàng zài gōngjùxiāng lǐ.
  Put the pliers in the tool box.

Words starting with 钳

• 钳子qián zipliers; pincers; tongs
• 钳制qián zhìto suppress; to muzzle; to gag
• 钳工qián gōngfitter; benchwork
• 钳住qián zhùto clamp down; to suppress
• 钳马衔枚qián mǎ xián méiwith horses and soldiers gagged (idiom); (of a marching army) in utter silence
• 钳嘴鹳qián zuǐ guàn(bird species of China) Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans)

Words containing 钳

• 夹钳jiā qiántongs
• 扳钳bān qiánwrench; spanner
• 火钳huǒ qiánfire tongs
• 产钳chǎn qiánobstetric forceps
• 管钳guǎn qiánpipe wrench
• 虎钳hǔ qiánvise
• 剥皮钳bāo pí qiánwire stripper
• 压线钳yā xiàn qiáncrimping pliers; amp pliers
• 大力钳dà lì qiánlocking pliers; mole grips
• 指甲钳zhǐ jia qiánnail clipper
• 断线钳duàn xiàn qiánbolt cutter
• 眉毛钳méi máo qiántweezers
• 管子钳guǎn zi qiánpipe wrench; monkey wrench
• 老虎钳lǎo hǔ qiánvise; pincer pliers
• 台虎钳tái hǔ qiánbench vise
• 蒜茸钳suàn róng qiángarlic press
• 螺旋钳luó xuán qiánwrench
• 钢丝钳gāng sī qiáncombination pliers; lineman's pliers
• 克丝钳子kè sī qián ziwire cutting pincers

Characters built on 甘

These share the phonetic component 甘 (gān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 甜tiánsweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely
• 嵌qiànto inlay; to embed; Taiwan pr. qiān
• 拑qiánpliers; pincers; to clamp

Characters that look like 钳

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

• 甜tiánsweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely
• 铀yóuuranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
• 钼mùmolybdenum (chemistry)
• 钴gǔ(chemistry) cobalt (Taiwan pr. gū); used in 钴𬭁gǔ mǔ
• 钽tǎntantalum (chemistry)
• 铟yīnindium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read qián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 前front; forward; ahead
• 钱coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两
• 潜hidden; secret; latent
• 乾one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; male principle; ☰
• 黔(literary) black; to blacken
• 荨used in 荨麻; also pr. xún
• 虔to act with reverence; reverent
• 掮to carry on the shoulder
• 箝pliers; pincers; to clamp
• 钤latch of door; seal
• 揵carry
• 拑pliers; pincers; to clamp