釘子戶

See also: 钉子户

Chinese

		nail; snag	a household; door; family
trad. (釘子戶)		釘子	戶
simp. (钉子户)		钉子	户

Etymology

Alluding to the fact that a nail stuck in a piece of wood is extremely difficult to either extract or be pounded all the way in.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīngzihù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥ ˙ㄗ ㄏㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīngzihù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥ ˙ㄗ ㄏㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dingzi̊hhù
    • Wade–Giles: ting¹-tzŭ⁵-hu⁴
    • Yale: dīng-dz-hù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ding.tzyhuh
    • Palladius: динцзыху (dinczyxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩² xu⁵¹/

Noun

釘子戶

1. nail house

Descendants

• → English: nail house (calque)