吊索 (diàosuǒ): sling

Measure Word

一条吊索 tiáo

HSK 7-9

工人用吊索把钢梁吊到屋顶上。

Gōngrén yòng diàosuǒ bǎ gāng liáng diào dào wūdǐng shàng.

The workers used a hoisting cable to lift the steel beam onto the roof.

HSK 7-9

他的胳膊受了伤，挂着吊索。

Tā de gēbo shòu le shāng, guà zhe diàosuǒ.

His arm was injured and he wore a sling.

memory

吊 'to hang / hoist' + 索 'rope' → a rope used to hang or hoist things. Same 索 appears in 绳索 (rope), 钢索 (steel cable), 缆索 (mooring rope).

吊 diào

索 suǒ