chuí
Traditional: 錘
锤 (chuí) is a Chinese word meaning “hammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)”.
Meanings
- 1hammer
- 2to hammer into shape
- 3weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
- 4to strike with a hammer
Related words
锤子hammer锤variant of 錘|锤[chui2]一锤定音lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow流星锤meteor hammer (ancient weapon consisting of two iron balls connected by a chain)纺锤spindle钉锤nail hammer铅锤bob of a plumbline锤骨malleus or hammer bone of middle ear一锤子买卖a one-off, short-sighted deal包剪锤rock-paper-scissors (game)千锤百炼after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom)大锤sledgehammer