订书机 (dìngshūjī): stapler

Measure Word

一台订书机 tái

Meanings

1 stapler
2 stapling machine

Characters

订

dìng

to staple; to bind; to order

Examples

HSK 3

把这些文件用订书机订好。

Bǎ zhèxiē wénjiàn yòng dìngshūjī dìng hǎo.

Staple these documents together with the stapler.

HSK 7-9

订书机没有钉了。

Dìngshūjī méiyǒu dīng le.

The stapler is out of staples.

Tips

memory

订 (to staple/bind) + 书 (book/document) + 机 (machine) - a machine that binds/staples documents. The staples themselves are 订书钉 (dìngshūdīng).

Stroke Order

订 dìng

书 shū

机 jī

Related Words

钉书机 dìngshūjī #30,231

stapler

订书针 dìngshūzhēn #46,806

staple (for a stapler)

装订机 zhuāngdìngjī #47,197

binding machine / document binder

机械 jīxiè HSK 6 #4,738

machine; machinery; mechanical equipment / mechanical; rigid; inflexible (figurative)

游戏机 yóuxìjī HSK 6 #10,386

game console; gaming machine / arcade machine

订婚 dìnghūn HSK 7-9 #2,997

to get engaged / to be betrothed

订 dìng HSK 3 #2,163

to order; to book; to reserve / to subscribe / to conclude (an agreement)

机器 jīqì HSK 3 #1,599

machine; machinery / mechanical device; apparatus

机 jī #1,197

machine; mechanism / opportunity; chance / aircraft

电视机 diànshìjī HSK 1 #5,626

television set; TV set