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螺丝刀luó sī dāo
screwdriver
Definitions
| Chinese > English | |
| 螺丝刀 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 螺絲刀 | |
| 螺絲刀 | luósīdāo |
| 1. n. screwdriver (tool) | |
| English > Chinese | |
| screwdriver | |
| 1. 起子 | |
| Components | |
| 螺丝 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 螺絲 | |
| 螺絲 | luósī |
| 1. n. screw (construction accessory) | |
| 豁口 的 螺絲 - stripped screw | |
| 螺 | luó |
| 1. aquatic snail (as opposed to a terrestrial snail, 蝸) | |
| 2. whorl; swirl; spiral | |
| 3. fingerprint whorls | |
| 4. (organic chemistry) spiro- | |
| 螺內酯 - spironolactone | |
| 5. (transgender slang) Short for 螺內酯, spironolactone; spiro | |
| 6. (historical) wine cup made from a snail shell | |
| 7. (historical) ink; pigment (green-black in color, produced from the snail, and used by women for drawing eyebrows) | |
| 8. Short for 螺髻, hair done up in a coil shape | |
| 丝 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 絲 | |
| 絲 | sī |
| 1. silk | |
| 2. items made from woven silk | |
| 3. silk-like object; fine thread; thin strip; thin shred | |
| 4. (music) string instrument | |
| 絲竹 - string and wind instruments; music | |
| 一 絲 希望 - a glimmer of hope - | |
| 一 絲 風 都 沒有 - There is not even a breath of wind. - | |
| 5. (Buddhism, obsolete) the number 10 | |
| 刀 | dāo |
| 1. knife; blade | |
| 2. single-edged sword; cutlass | |
| 3. (neologism, internet) to bargain; to negotiate on price | |
| 4. (q-lite, only common among Tai people) | |
| 刀 ^世-勛 - Dao Shixun | |
| 5. (Mandarin, neologism, colloquial) dollar | |
| 6. Variant of 刁 | |
| 刁 | diāo |
| 1. (literary, or in compounds) treacherous; crafty; deceitful | |
| 2. (literary) to tempt | |
| 3. (literary) unkind | |
| 4. (literary) stammering | |
| 5. (literary) picky about food | |
| 6. (literary) to wring | |
| 7. (literary) to inveigle | |
| 8. (literary) ear of grains | |
| 9. (literary) to make (time) | |
| 10. Variant of 凋 | |
| 11. Variant of 碉 | |
| 12. Variant of 雕 | |
Pronunciation
luó sī dāo
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