Hanzi
Traditional
釘
Simplified
钉

to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points/to nail/to pin/to staple/to sew on

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 7

Pinyin

dīng, dìng, líng

Bopomofo

ㄉㄧㄥ, ㄉㄧㄥˋ, ㄌㄧㄥˊ

Jyutping

deng1

Example sentences

釘 / 钉 dìng
他把這幅畫釘在牆上。
他把这幅画钉在墙上。

He nailed this picture to the wall.

釘子 / 钉子 dīngzi
他在牆上釘了一根釘子掛畫。
他在墙上钉了一根钉子挂画。

He hammered a nail into the wall to hang a painting.

錘子 / 锤子 chuízi
他拿著錘子把釘子敲進了牆裡。
他拿著锤子把钉子敲进了墙里。

He took a hammer and knocked the nail into the wall.

Example Vocabulary

耳釘

釘

ding4

to nail; to sew on

釘子

ding1'zi

nail

鉚釘

mao3'ding1

圖釘

tu2'ding1

斬釘截鐵

zhan3'ding1'jie2'tie3

板上釘釘

ban3'shang4'ding4'ding1

眼中釘

yan3'zhong1'ding1

螺絲釘

luo2'si1'ding1

大頭釘

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