钉 dīng nail
nail; spike
怎么记住“钉”: 钅 gold + 丁 male adult = nail. A rich male adult hammers a gold spike into the wall and tells the guests it is no ordinary nail.
部件结构
钉 = 钅 gold + 丁 male adult
- 钅 gold
- 丁 male adult
A rich male adult hammers a gold spike into the wall and tells the guests it is no ordinary nail.
用法
- The metal nail 钉子 (dīngzi), and as a verb (4th tone, dìng) to nail/fix in place: 把画钉在墙上 (bǎ huà dìng zài qiáng shang) nail the picture to the wall.
- Figurative 碰钉子 (pèng dīngzi) 'to bump into a nail' = to get rebuffed/turned down, e.g. asking a favor and being refused.
- In 斩钉截铁 (zhǎndīng-jiétiě) it means resolute and decisive, speaking without any hedging.