钳 子

qiánzi

“Pliers” in Chinese is 钳子 (qiánzi).

Meaning

pliers
pincers
tongs

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forceps
vise
clamp
claw (of a crab etc)
(dialect) earring

Example

把钳子放在工具箱里。

Put the pliers in the tool box.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

qiánHSK 7-910 strokespincers zǐHSK 13 strokesson

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Not to be confused with: 签字 (qiānzì, to sign (one's name))