The Chinese word for screwdriver is
螺丝刀
luó sī dāo
Chinese Definition
| screwdriver | |
| 1. 起子 | |
| Components | |
| 螺丝 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 螺絲 | |
| 螺 | |
| 1. aquatic snail (as opposed to a terrestrial snail, 蝸) | |
| 2. whorl; swirl; spiral | |
| 3. fingerprint whorls | |
| 4. (organic chemistry) spiro- | |
| 螺內酯 - spironolactone | |
| 5. (transgender slang) Short for 螺內酯, spironolactone; spiro | |
| 6. (historical) wine cup made from a snail shell | |
| 7. (historical) ink; pigment (green-black in color, produced from the snail, and used by women for drawing eyebrows) | |
| 8. Short for 螺髻, hair done up in a coil shape | |
| 丝 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 絲 | |
| 刀 | |
| 1. knife; blade | |
| 2. single-edged sword; cutlass | |
| 3. (neologism, internet) to bargain; to negotiate on price | |
| 4. (q-lite, only common among Tai people) | |
| ^刀 ^世-勛 - Dao Shixun | |
| 5. (Mandarin, neologism, colloquial) dollar | |
| 6. Variant of 刁 |
Translations for 刀 and their definitions
| 螺絲刀 | |
| 1. n. screwdriver (tool) |
| 螺丝刀 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 螺絲刀 |
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Pronunciation
luó sī dāo
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