锤

chuí · chui

Traditional 錘 / 鎚

Meaning

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chuí 錘

  1. hammer
  2. to hammer into shape
  3. weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
  4. to strike with a hammer

chuí 鎚

  1. variant of 錘 / 锤 (chuí)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)用(yòng)锤(chuí)把(bǎ)钉(dīng)子(zi)敲(qiāo)进(jìn)木(mù)板(bǎn)里(lǐ)。

He used a hammer to knock the nail into the wooden board.

02

铁(tiě)匠(jiang)把(bǎ)烧(shāo)红(hóng)的(de)铁(tiě)块(kuài)锤(chuí)成(chéng)一(yì)把(bǎ)刀(dāo)。

The blacksmith hammered the red-hot iron into a knife.

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