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Pīnyīn
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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *釘* | 釘* | *釘
to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points / to nail / to pin / to staple / to sew on
HSK 7-9
staple (stationery)
tongue ring / tongue piercing
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *釘* | 釘* | *釘
nail / to follow closely / to keep at sb (to do sth) / variant of
thumbtack
screw
a thorn in one's side
screw
DingTalk, business communication platform developed by Alibaba
rivet
corner bracket (for securing the corner of a picture frame etc) / brad
that clinches it / that's final / no two ways about it
cramp
button magnet (to use on whiteboards, refrigerator doors etc)
variant of 補丁|补丁
peg
stud earring
spike
hexagon socket head cap screw
tack / thumbtack / push pin
a "screw that never rusts" – metaphor used in CCP propaganda to praise loyal, selfless contributors, famously applied to model worker Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋
stud (for decorating clothing, shoes, belts etc)
nose stud; nose piercing


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