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锤
錘
chuí
1. hammer
2. to hammer into shape
3. weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
HSK 6 Common • Top 8%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

锤
chuí
hammer
HSK 6 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

大锤
dàchuí
sledge
手锤
shǒuchuí
mallet
气锤
qìchuí
pneumatic drill
测锤
cèchuí
bob of plumb line
琴锤
qínchuí
mallet
秤锤
chèngchuí
steelyard weights
纺锤
fǎngchuí
spindle
钉锤
dīngchuí
nail hammer
铅锤
qiānchuí
bob of a plumbline
铜锤
tóngchuí
mace (weapon)
锤子
chuízi
hammer
锤骨
chuígǔ
malleus or hammer bone of middle ear
包剪锤
bāojiǎnchuí
rock-paper-scissors (game)
拔钉锤
bádīngchuí
claw hammer
锤头鲨
chuítóushā
a hammerhead shark
锤骨柄
chuígǔbǐng
manubrium of malleus (handle of hammer bone), connecting ossicles [[聽小骨|听小骨]] to tympanum [[鼓膜]]
一锤定音
yīchuídìngyīn
lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow
千锤百炼
qiānchuíbǎiliàn
after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom)
铜锤花脸
tóngchuíhuāliǎn
(Chinese opera) tongchui hualian, a military character holding a bronze mace, classified as a jing [[淨|净<jìng>]] role
雷神之锤
LéishénzhīChuí
Quake (video game series)

Alternate Entries

锤
chuí
variant of [[錘|锤<chuí>]]
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,936
Word Frequency Rank
6,603 of 84,292

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