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锤
chuí
1. 配合秤杆称轻重的金属块。
A metal piece used with a balance beam to weigh (light or heavy).
2. 敲打物件的器具。
A tool for striking objects.
3. 用锤敲打。
To strike with a hammer.
4. 古代的一种兵器,柄的上头有一个金属圆球。
An ancient weapon with a metal sphere at the top of the handle.
5. 古代重量单位,一锤等于八铢(一说六铢)。
An ancient unit of weight, one chui equals eight zhū (or in some accounts, six zhū).
锤
chuí
1. 槌子,俗称榔头 ([En.] hammer).
A mallet, commonly referred to as a hammer.
2. 古兵器名。柄的上头有一个金属圆球 ([En.] mallet).
A name for an ancient weapon, with a metal sphere at the top of the handle.
3. 秤砣 ([En.] weight).
A weight for use in a balance.
4. 锤形物 ([En.] sth. shaped like a mallet).
An object shaped like a hammer.
锤
chuí
[动]
1. 打;击 ([En.] hit; strike)
To hit or strike.
锤
chuí
[量]
【本义】:古代重量单位
[Original meaning]: An ancient unit of weight.
【造字法】:形声。从金,垂声。
[Character formation]: A phonetic and semantic combination, with 金 (metal) as the semantic component and垂 (to hang) as the phonetic component.
1. 八铢
Eight zhū.
2. 十二两
Twelve liang.
3. 六铢
Six zhū.
Examples of usage:
1. 《说文》:锤,八铢也。
"Shuōwén" states: Chui, which is eight zhū.
2. 《淮南子·诠言》:有千金之璧,而无锱锤之礛诸。
"Huáinánzǐ" states: Having a treasured gem worth thousands of gold but without chui or zhī.
锤
chuí
1. 槌子,俗称榔头 ([En.] hammer).
A hammer, commonly referred to.
2. 古兵器名。柄的上头有一个金属圆球 ([En.] mallet).
An ancient weapon named mallet.
3. 秤砣 ([En.] weight).
A balancing weight.
4. 锤形物 ([En.] sth. shaped like a mallet).
An object shaped like a hammer.
锤
chuí
[动]
1. 打;击 ([En.] hit; strike)
To hit or strike.
Example: "千锤万凿出深山,烈火焚烧若等闲"
"A thousand blows and chisels emerge from the deep mountains; raging fires burn as if they were nothing."
Usage examples:
- 锤锻 (hitting; forging)
- 锤淬 (hammering and quenching)
- 锤炉 (forging)