钳子
qián​zi HSK7

pliers

钳子 (鉗子) qián​zi
pliers noun
hand tools used for gripping, squeezing, or cutting, including pincers, tongs, forceps, or clamps

他用钳子拧紧了松动的铁丝。

tā yòng qián​zi níng​jǐn le sōng​dòng de tiě​sī.

He used pliers to tighten the loose wire.

claw noun
the pincer-like organ of certain crustaceans and insects such as crabs or scorpions

这只大螃蟹的钳子紧紧夹住了小鱼。

zhè zhī dà páng​xiè de qián​zi jǐn​jǐn jiā​zhù le xiǎo yú.

The big crab's pincers clamped down tightly on the little fish.

earring noun
(dialect) a piece of jewelry worn on the earlobe

她今天戴了一对祖传的金钳子。

tā jīn​tiān dài le yī duì zǔ​chuán de jīn qián​zi.

She wore a pair of heirloom gold earrings today.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
2.33 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
0.816 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Classifier

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)