订书针 (dìngshūzhēn): staple (for a stapler)

Measure Word

一盒订书针 hé

Meanings

1 staple (for a stapler)

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

请帮我买一盒订书针。

Qǐng bāng wǒ mǎi yì hé dìngshūzhēn.

Please buy me a box of staples.

HSK 7-9

订书机里没有订书针了。

Dìngshūjī lǐ méiyǒu dìngshūzhēn le.

The stapler is out of staples.

Tips

memory

订 (bind) + 书 (book/document) + 针 (needle, pin) - the little metal 'pin' that binds papers. The stapler itself is 订书机 (binding-book machine).

Stroke Order

订 dìng

书 shū

针 zhēn

Related Words

订书机 dìngshūjī #18,212

stapler / stapling 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)

钉书机 dìngshūjī #30,231

stapler

读书 dúshū HSK 1 #3,398

to study / to read

订单 dìngdān HSK 7-9 #9,435

order / purchase order

订户 dìnghù #47,886

subscriber (to a newspaper, periodical, or service) / registered subscription account

秘书 mìshū HSK 4 #3,796

engagement ceremony / betrothal ceremony