dìng

HSK 7-9
common
verb

Meaning of

钉 means hammer in nails; fasten with nails; sew on (buttons, straps, etc.). Pronounced dìng. HSK 7-9.

  • hammer in nails; fasten with nails
  • sew on (buttons, straps, etc.)

Character Info

Radical
Strokes7
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

yòng
kuài
bǎn
dìng
le
xiāng
zi
 

He made a box by hammering together several wooden boards.

Mén
shàng
dìng
shàng
liǎng
jiù
zhuāng
xīn
mén
le
 

Hammer two hinges onto the door and you can install the new door.

Shī
fu
zhèng
zài
gěi
dìng
zhǎng
 

The farrier is nailing horseshoes onto the horse's hooves.

zhào
piàn
dìng
zài
qiáng
shàng
zuò
zhuāng
shì
 

I hammered photos onto the wall as decoration.

Gōng
rén
dìng
le
pái
dīng
zi
bǎn
dìng
zài
fáng
liáng
shàng
 

The workers hammered a row of nails to secure the wooden board to the beam.