dìng

to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 釘

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Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

  • 钉子dīngzinailB7
  • 碰钉子pèng dīngzito meet with a rebuffB7
  • 斩钉截铁zhǎndīng-jiétiě(lit.) to chop the nail and slice the ironB7

See it in sentences

他把钉子钉进墙里。

He nailed the nail into the wall.

用钉子把画钉住。

Use a nail to hold the picture.