螺帽

luómào
noun #44,161

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 nut (female component of nut and bolt)
  2. 2 screw nut

Examples

Yòng bānshǒu bǎ luómào nǐng jǐn.
Tighten the nut with a wrench.
Lúntāi de luómào sōng le, hěn wēixiǎn.
The wheel's lug nuts are loose, which is dangerous.

Tips

memory
'spiral/snail' (shared with 螺丝 screw and 螺旋 helix) + 'cap/hat'. A nut is literally a 'spiral cap' — it caps off the end of a bolt. Also called (spiral mother) in more technical writing.

Stroke Order

luó
mào