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chuí

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chuí Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chuí | chui2
English translation
hammer

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About chuí

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

chuí

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of chuí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

釒垂

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

chuí

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and chuí represents the sound. Simplified form of chuí .

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Words with chuí

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chuí hammer chuí
锤子 chuí zi hammer錘子
一锤定音 yī chuí dìng yīn fig. to make the final decision一錘定音
大锤 dà chuí sledgehammer大錘
千锤百炼 qiān chuí bǎi liàn the vicissitudes of life千錘百鍊
纺锤 fǎng chuí spindle紡錘
一锤子买卖 yī chuí zi mǎi mài a one-off, short-sighted deal一錘子買賣
钉锤 dīng chuí nail hammer釘錘
手锤 shǒu chuí mallet手錘
秤锤 chèng chuí steelyard weights秤錘
气锤 qì chuí pneumatic drill氣錘
铅锤 qiān chuí bob of a plumbline鉛錘
锤骨 chuí gǔ malleus or hammer bone of middle ear錘骨
锤骨柄 chuí gǔ bǐng manubrium of malleus (handle of hammer bone), connecting ossicles 聽小骨|听小骨 tīng xiǎo gǔ to tympanum 鼓膜 gǔ mó 錘骨柄

chuí Decomposition & Compounds

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