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Usage of the character 锤

chuí
[錘]
  • hammer
  • to hammer into shape
  • weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
  • to strike with a hammer
chuí
[鎚]
  • variant of 錘/锤 (chuí)
tóngchuí
铜锤
[銅錘]
  • mace (weapon)
  • (Chinese opera) "tongchui" (painted face role) (abbr. for 銅錘花臉/铜锤花脸 (tóngchuíhuāliǎn))
chuízi
锤子
[錘子]
  • hammer
  • CL:把 (bǎ)
qìchuí
气锤
[氣錘]
  • air hammer
  • pneumatic hammer
fǎngchuí
纺锤
[紡錘]
  • spindle
dīngchuí
钉锤
[釘錘]
  • nail hammer
  • claw hammer
shǒuchuí
手锤
[手錘]
  • mallet
  • drumstick
diànchuí
电锤
[電錘]
  • rotary hammer
  • hammer drill
dàchuí
大锤
[大錘]
  • sledgehammer
chèngchuí
秤锤
[秤錘]
  • steelyard weights
shíchuí
实锤
[實錘]
  • (neologism c. 2014) (slang) solid proof
  • irrefutable evidence
cèchuí
测锤
[測錘]
  • bob of plumb line
qiānchuí
铅锤
[鉛錘]
  • bob of a plumbline
chuígǔ
锤骨
[錘骨]
  • malleus or hammer bone of middle ear
qínchuí
琴锤
[琴錘]
  • mallet
  • drumstick
yángjiǎochuí
羊角锤
[羊角錘]
  • claw hammer
chuítóushā
锤头鲨
[錘頭鯊]
  • a hammerhead shark
chuígǔbǐng
锤骨柄
[錘骨柄]
  • manubrium of malleus (handle of hammer bone), connecting ossicles 聽小骨/听小骨 to tympanum 鼓膜
bádīngchuí
拔钉锤
[拔釘錘]
  • claw hammer
bāojiǎnchuí
包剪锤
[包剪錘]
  • rock-paper-scissors (game)
liúxīngchuí
流星锤
[流星錘]
  • meteor hammer (ancient weapon consisting of two iron balls connected by a chain)
qǐdīngchuí
起钉锤
[起釘錘]
  • claw hammer
qiānchuíbǎiliàn
千锤百炼
[千錘百鍊]
  • after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom)
  • the vicissitudes of life
Léishénzhī Chuí
雷神之锤
[雷神之錘]
  • Quake (video game series)
qiúchuídéchuí
求锤得锤
[求錘得錘]
  • (neologism c. 2017) (slang) to demand proof of what one believes to be an unfounded accusation only to have irrefutable evidence duly supplied
yīchuídìngyīn
一锤定音
[一錘定音]
  • lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow
  • fig. to make the final decision
tóngchuíhuāliǎn
铜锤花脸
[銅錘花臉]
  • (Chinese opera) tongchui hualian, a military character holding a bronze mace, classified as a jing 淨/净 (jìng) role
yīchuízimǎimài
一锤子买卖
[一錘子買賣]
  • a one-off, short-sighted deal
  • a one-shot, all-out attempt