订书钉

訂書釘
dìngshūdīng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 staple (stationery)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Dìngshūjī lǐ méiyou dìngshūdīng le.
The stapler has run out of staples.
HSK 7-9
Tā yòng dìngshūdīng bǎ jǐ yè bàogào dìng zài yìqǐ.
He fastened the pages of the report together with staples.

Tips

mistakes
钉 is first tone here, the noun 'nail'. The verb 'to nail, to staple' is fourth tone 钉, as in 钉在一起 'to fasten together'. The word is also written 钉书钉.

Stroke Order

订 dìng
书 shū
钉 dīng