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锤子

chuí zi

2-character word Traditional 錘子 Measure word 把

What 锤子 means

1. hammer

The characters in 锤子

• 锤chuíhammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 锤子在哪里？
  Where is the hammer?
• 我有不同尺寸的锤子。
  I have hammers of different sizes.
• 锤子与镰刀代表共产主义。
  Chuízi yǔ liándāo dàibiǎo gòngchǎnzhǔyì.
  The hammer and sickle symbolizes communism.
• 汤姆从玛丽那里拿走了锤子。
  Tāngmǔ cóng Mǎlì nàli názǒu le chuízi.
  Tom took the hammer away from Mary.
• 你到厨房里替我把一把锤子拿来。
  Nǐ dào chúfáng lǐ tì wǒ bǎ yī bǎ chuízi nálái.
  Could you get a hammer for me from the kitchen please?
• 这是锤子。不是我的，借一个朋友的。
  Zhè shì chuízi. bù shì wǒ de, jiè yī gè péngyou de.
  This is a hammer. It's not mine; I borrowed it from a friend.

Words containing 锤子

• 一锤子买卖yī chuí zi mǎi màia one-off, short-sighted deal; a one-shot, all-out attempt

Sounds the same

Read chuí zi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 捶子drum stick; bass drum mallet