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 ˙ㄗㄏㄨˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dīngzihù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥ ˙ㄗㄏㄨˋ
  - 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

nail house

Descendants

→ English: nail house (calque)

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