钉 (dīng): to nail
钉 (dīng) is a Chinese character meaning “to nail.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 钅 (structural) and 丁 (structural). It ranks #2211 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 钉 a metal 钅 nail 丁; 丁 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 钅 (metal) appears in many related characters such as 钱 (qián, money), 错 (cuò, wrong, mistake), 钟 (zhōng, clock, bell).
Definitions
- to nail
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA metal 钅 nail 丁; 丁 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰钅丁 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 钉子 | dīng zi | nail |
| 眼中钉 | yǎn zhōng dīng | a thorn in one's side |
| 板上钉钉 | bǎn shàng dìng dīng | that clinches it |
| 图钉 | tú dīng | thumbtack |
| 螺钉 | luó dīng | screw |
| 钉书机 | dìng shū jī | stapler |
| 螺丝钉 | luó sī dīng | screw |
| 铆钉 | mǎo dīng | rivet |
| 钉子户 | dīng zi hù | householder who refuses to vacate his home despite pressure from property developers |
| 斩钉截铁 | zhǎn dīng jié tiě | lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) |
| 碰钉子 | pèng dīng zi | to meet with a rebuff |
| 钉耙 | dīng pá | rake |
| 钉锤 | dīng chuí | nail hammer |
| 大头钉 | dà tóu dīng | tack |
| 起钉器 | qǐ dīng qì | staple remover |
钉 appears in 47 compound words: 32 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 28 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 钉 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
请用钉子把这块板子固定在墙上。
Qǐng yòng dīngzi bǎ zhè kuài bǎnzi gùdìng zài qiáng shang.
Please use nails to fix this board to the wall.
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车胎被钉子刺穿了。
Chētāi bèi dīngzi cìchuān le.
A nail penetrated the car tyre.
这个钉子撕破了他的夹克。
Zhège dīngzi sīpò le tā de jiākè.
The nail tore his jacket.
我斩钉截铁地拒绝了。
Wǒ zhǎndīngjiétiě de jùjué le.
I flatly refused.
这个人只顾自己，不顾别人，你要他帮忙，准得碰钉子。
Zhège rén zhǐgù zìjǐ, bù gù biéren, nǐ yào tā bāngmáng, zhǔn de pèngdīngzi.
This person only thinks about themselves and doesn’t consider others. If you ask for their help, you’re bound to run into trouble.
Character Family
钅 Radical Family — Characters sharing the metal radical
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