钉

dìng

HSK 7-93 readings

“Nail” in Chinese is 钉 (dìng).

Other characters with the syllable ding: see all 8 →

Meaning

nail
to follow closely
to keep at sb (to do sth)

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to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points
to nail
to pin
to staple
to sew on
variant of 盯[ding1]

Example

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.

From 钉子 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

dīngnail / to follow closely / to keep at sb (to do sth) / variant of 盯
dìngto join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Words containing 钉

钉子dīngzinailHSK 7-9 碰钉子pèng dīngzito meet with a rebuffHSK 7-9

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