锚栓

錨栓
máoshuān
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 anchor bolt
  2. 2 expansion bolt
  3. 3 wall anchor

Examples

Guà zhòngwù qián xiān zài qiángshàng dǎ máoshuān.
Drive in anchor bolts on the wall before hanging anything heavy.
Zhèzhǒng máoshuān néng chéngshòu jǐbǎi gōngjīn de lālì.
This kind of anchor bolt can hold several hundred kilograms of pull.

Tips

memory
(máo) is the same character as in (chuánmáo, ship's anchor)—the metaphor is identical to English: a bolt that 'anchors' itself in masonry. (shuān) means 'bolt/plug' (also seen in 血栓 xuèshuān, blood clot).

Stroke Order

máo
shuān