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noun | dīng zi | nail |
| 眼中钉phrase | yǎn zhōng dīng | a thorn in one's side |
| 板上钉钉phrase | bǎn shàng dìng dīng | that clinches it |
| 图钉noun | tú dīng | thumbtack |
| 螺钉noun | luó dīng | screw |
| 钉书机noun | dìng shū jī | variant of 訂書機|订书机 |
| 螺丝钉noun | luó sī dīng | screw |
| 铆钉noun | mǎo dīng | rivet |
| 钉子户noun | dīng zi hù | householder who refuses to vacate his home despite pressure from property developers |
| 斩钉截铁phrase | zhǎn dīng jié tiě | (lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom) |
| 碰钉子verb | pèng dīng zi | to meet with a rebuff |
| 钉耙noun | dīng pá | rake |
| 钉锤noun | dīng chuí | nail hammer |
| 大头钉noun | dà tóu dīng | tack |
| 起钉器 | qǐ dīng qì | staple remover |
钉 appears in 48 compound words: 31 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 29 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.
高雄大卖场厕所惊见可疑小孔 原来是钉螺丝钉
gāo xióng dà mài chǎng cè suǒ jīng jiàn kě yí xiǎo kǒng yuán lái shì dīng luó sī dīng
Suspicious hole found in Kaohsiung supermarket restroom; turns out it was just a screw
百达翡丽 5039 巴黎钉光影下的瑞士优雅
bǎi dá 翡 lí 5 0 3 9 bā lí dīng guāng yǐng xià de ruì shì yōu yǎ
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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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