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The Chinese word for screwdriver is
螺丝刀

luó sī dāo



screwdriver

Chinese Definition


screwdriver
     1. 起子
Components
螺丝
     1. Simplified form of 螺絲
     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
     1. Simplified form of 絲
     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



Translations for and their definitions

螺絲刀
     1. n. screwdriver (tool)


螺丝刀
     1. Simplified form of 螺絲刀


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