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錘

Simplified: 锤

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

chuí ㄔㄨㄟˊ

    • hammer
    • to hammer into shape
    • weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
    • to strike with a hammer

Other words read chuí

In the same tone

  • 垂 chuí hang
  • 棰 chuí flog
  • 捶 chuí beat
  • 椎 chuí hammer
  • 槌 chuí mallet

All 9 words read chuí

chui with other tones

  • 吹 chuī blow
  • 炊 chuī cook food
  • 龡 chuì blow

All 12 words read chui in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 錘

    部首 radical
    釒 a form of 金
    笔画 strokes
    16, with 8 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    釒垂
    形旁 meaning
    釒
    声旁 sound
    垂
    Practise writing 錘

    Trace 錘, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

    Words with 錘

    Starting with 錘

    • 錘子 chuízi hammer
    • 錘骨 chuígǔ malleus or hammer bone of middle ear
    • 錘頭鯊 chuítóushā hammerhead shark
    • 錘骨柄 chuígǔbǐng manubrium of malleus (handle of hammer bone), connecting ossicles 听小骨 to tympanum 鼓膜

    Ending with 錘

    All 20 words ending with 錘

    Containing 錘

    • 千錘百鍊 qiānchuíbǎiliàn vicissitudes of life
    • 一錘定音 yīchuídìngyīn lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow
    • 一錘子買賣 yīchuízimǎimài one-off, short-sighted deal
    • 銅錘花臉 tóngchuíhuāliǎn tongchui hualian, a military character holding a bronze mace, classified as a jing 净 jìng role

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 錘

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