qián zi

Traditional: 鉗子

HSK 7–9

钳子 (qián zi) is a Chinese word meaning “pliers; pincers; tongs”.

Meanings

  1. 1pliers
  2. 2pincers
  3. 3tongs
  4. 4forceps
  5. 5vise
  6. 6clamp
  7. 7claw (of a crab etc)
  8. 8CL:把[ba3]
  9. 9(dialect) earring
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 钳子

钳qián · pincers子zǐ · son

Related words

孩子child儿子son房子house妻子wife and children妻子wife案子long table; counter样子appearance小子(literary) youngster小子(coll.) boy子son子noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"日子day

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