"steelyard hook" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
秤钩 秤鉤 chèng gōu steelyard hook
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
钓鱼 釣魚 diào yú to fish (with line and hook) / to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing syn
不择手段 不擇手段 bù zé shǒu duàn by fair means or foul / by hook or by crook / unscrupulously syn
下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook syn
钩子 鉤子 gōu zi hook syn
挂钩 掛鉤 guà gōu to couple / to link / to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}) / (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc) / to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc) / to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth) / latch hook / coupling syn
准星 準星 zhǔn xīng front sight (firearms) / the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard syn
吊钩 吊鉤 diào gōu suspended hook / hanging hook / hanger
秤砣 chèng tuó steelyard weight / standard weight syn
勾起 gōu qǐ to evoke / to induce / to call to mind / to pick up with a hook
接上 jiē shàng to connect (a cable etc) / to hook up (a device) / to resume (a conversation) / to set (a bone)
扣住 kòu zhù to detain / to hold back by force / to buckle / to hook
打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc)
铁钩 鐵鈎 tiě gōu iron hook
钩住 鉤住 gōu zhù to hook onto / to hitch onto / to catch onto
钩针 鉤針 gōu zhēn crochet hook / crochet needle
杆秤 桿秤 gǎn chèng a steelyard (a type of balance)
guà to hang / to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried / to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital) / to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill / to die / to be finished / to fail (an exam) / classifier for sets or clusters of objects syn
diào to fish with a hook and line / to angle syn
gōu to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook syn
gōu to hook / to sew / to crochet / hook / check mark or tick / window catch syn
chèng steelyard balance / Roman balance / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn
tuó steelyard weight / stone roller / to polish jade with an emery wheel syn
(literary) hard iron / (literary) hook / barb / used in personal names and place names / variant of 巨[ju4]
秤杆 秤桿 chèng gǎn the beam of a steelyard / a balance arm
秤盘 秤槃 chèng pán the tray or pan of a steelyard balance
děng small steelyard for weighing money syn
胡克 hú kè Hook or Hooke (name) / Robert Hooke (1635-1703), brilliant English experimental scientist and inventor
搭钩 搭鉤 dā gōu a hook / to make contact with sb
衣钩 衣鉤 yī gōu clothes hook
秤砣虽小压千斤 秤砣雖小壓千斤 chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost
聊以塞责 聊以塞責 liáo yǐ sè zé in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities / in order to get off the hook
太公钓鱼,愿者上钩 太公釣魚,願者上鉤 tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water) / to put one's head in the noose
左右勾拳 zuǒ yòu gōu quán left hook and right hook (boxing) / the old one-two
姜太公钓鱼,愿者上钩 薑太公釣魚,願者上鉤 jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water) / to put one's head in the noose
定盘星 定盤星 dìng pán xīng the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard / fixed opinion / solid idea / decisive plan syn
盘秤 盤秤 pán chèng balance consisting of steelyard with a pan / CL:臺|台[tai2]
秤锤 秤錘 chèng chuí steelyard weights syn
抬秤 tái chèng large steelyard usu. operated by three people – two to lift it using a pole, and one to adjust the counterweight
横钩 橫鉤 héng gōu horizontal stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
竖钩 豎鉤 shù gōu vertical stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
jué "vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6), aka 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4gou1]
勾手 gōu shǒu to collude with / to collaborate / (basketball) hook shot
勾拳 gōu quán hook (punch in boxing)
字脚 字腳 zì jiǎo serif / hook at the end of brushstroke
挠钩 撓鉤 náo gōu iron hook at the end a long pole
窗钩 窗鉤 chuāng gōu window hook / window latch
窃国者侯,窃钩者诛 竊國者侯,竊鉤者誅 qiè guó zhě hóu , qiè gōu zhě zhū steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
窃钩者诛,窃国者侯 竊鉤者誅,竊國者侯 qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
衣裳钩儿 衣裳鈎兒 yī shang gōu r clothes hook
配件挂勾 配件掛勾 pèi jiàn guà gōu accessory hook
gōu variant of 鉤|钩, hook / barb
钩扣 鉤扣 gōu kòu hook
抛射抓钩 pāo shè zhuā gōu launched grapnel hook
hook / sickle
叉簧 chā huáng switch hook (button or cradle of a telephone, whose function is to disconnect the call)
约炮 約炮 yuē pào (slang) to hook up for a one night stand / booty call
飞挝 飛撾 fēi wō ancient weapon with a tip like a grappling hook, thrown at enemy combatants in order to capture them
飞挝 飛撾 fēi zhuā ancient weapon with a tip like a grappling hook, thrown at enemy combatants in order to capture them
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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