订书针

訂書針

dìngshūzhēn

noun #46,806

Measure Word

一盒订书针 hé

Meanings

1 staple (for a stapler)

Characters

Examples

订书机里没有订书针了。

Dìngshūjī lǐ méiyǒu dìngshūzhēn le.

The stapler is out of staples.

请帮我买一盒订书针。

Qǐng bāng wǒ mǎi yì hé dìngshūzhēn.

Please buy me a box 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