钳 (鉗) qián

1. qián noun pincers; pliers; tongs; claw
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Also written as 箝 (CC-CEDICT '鉗'; Guoyu '鉗' n 2; Mathews 1931 '鉗', p. 124; Unihan '鉗')
2. qián noun an iron collar for prisoners; manacles
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '鉗' n 1; Kroll 2015 '鉗' 1, p. 361; Mathews 1931 '鉗', p. 124)
3. qián verb to constrict; to shackle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '鉗' v 1; Kroll 2015 '鉗' 1a, p. 361)
4. qián verb to compel
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '鉗' n 1; Kroll 2015 '鉗' 1, p. 361)
5. qián verb to clamp; to pinch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '鉗'; Kroll 2015 '鉗' 1c, p. 361)
6. qián verb to gag
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu 2015 '鉗' v 2)
7. qián verb to grasp under the arm
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '鉗' 2, p. 361)
8. qián adjective evil
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu 2015 '鉗' adj)

Contained in

• 手钳(手鉗) manacles
• 管钳(管鉗) pipe wrench
• 钳口不言(鉗口不言) to shut one's mouth and not speak
• 螺旋钳(螺旋鉗) wrench
• 虎钳(虎鉗) vise
• 克丝钳子(克絲鉗子) wire cutting pincers
• 钳工(鉗工) fitter; benchwork
• 火钳(火鉗) fire tongs
• 扳钳(扳鉗) wrench; spanner
• 产钳(產鉗) obstetric forceps
• 钳制(鉗制) to suppress; to muzzle; to gag
• 蒜茸钳(蒜茸鉗) garlic press
• 管子钳(管子鉗) pipe wrench; monkey wrench
• 钳马衔枚(鉗馬銜枚) with horses and soldiers gagged; (of a marching army) in utter silence
• 钳住(鉗住) to clamp down; to suppress
• 胡桃钳(胡桃鉗) a nutcracker ; The Nutcracker
• 眉毛钳(眉毛鉗) tweezers
• 剥皮钳(剝皮鉗) wire stripper
• 老虎钳(老虎鉗) pincer pliers
• 夹钳(夾鉗) tongs; a clamp
• 台虎钳(臺虎鉗) bench vise
• 钳子(鉗子) pincers; pliers; tongs; claw ; shackles ; earring
• 压线钳(壓線鉗) crimping pliers; amp pliers
• 断线钳(斷線鉗) bolt cutter
• 大力钳(大力鉗) locking pliers; mole grips
• 钳嘴鹳(鉗嘴鸛) Asian openbill (Anastomus oscitans)
• 指甲钳(指甲鉗) nail clipper

Also contained in

钳鎚

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷25　志第20 刑法 Volume 25 Treatises 20: Punishment and Law Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 6
• 卷四十三下　　　志第三十三下　地理七下 Volume 43b Treatises 38: Gepgraphy 7b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 5
• 卷一下 光武帝紀 Volume 1b: Annals of Emperor Guangwu Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 4
• 卷八十九 志第四十二 地理五 Volume 89 Treatises 42: Geography 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
• 卷五十六　　　　志第四十六　　刑法 Volume 56 Treatises 52: Punishment and Law New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 3
• 卷九十三　列傳第八十一:　僭偽附庸 Volume 93 Biographies 81: Vassal States History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 3
• 卷四十一 Scroll 41 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
• 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 3
• 卷二百二十二下 列傳第一百四十七下 南蠻下 Volume 222c Biographies 147c: Southern Man 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 3
• 卷二 顯宗孝明帝紀 Volume 2: Annals of Emperor Xianzong Xiaoming Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 3

Collocations

• 髡钳 (髡鉗) 皆自髡鉗 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《張耳陳餘列傳》 Biographies of Zhang Er and Chen Yu — count: 39
• 钳耳 (鉗耳) 鉗耳 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷四十七 列傳第二十八 王融 謝朓 Volume 47 Biographies 28: Wang Rong, Xie Tiao — count: 12
• 钳川 (鉗川) 有鉗川山 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷29　志第24 地理上 Volume 29 Treatises 24: Geography 1 — count: 6
• 钳敦 (鉗敦) 鉗敦國 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷102 西域 Volume 102: Western Regions — count: 5
• 钳凿 (鉗鑿) 鉗鑿錐鋸 — History of the Southern Dynasties 南史, 卷三　　宋本紀下第三　明帝 後廢帝 順帝 Volume 3 Liu Song Annals 3: Emperor Ming, Later Deposed Emperor, Emperor Shun — count: 4
• 释钳 (釋鉗) 旣釋鉗鎖 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷十三 魏書十三 鍾繇華歆王朗傳 Volume 13: Book of Wei 13 - Biographies of Zhong Yao, Hua Xin, and Wang Lang — count: 4
• 铜钳 (銅鉗) 烧何豪有妇人比铜钳者 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十七 西羌傳 Volume 87: Treatise on the Western Qiang — count: 4
• 州钳 (州鉗) 嘉梁州東石孔州西石孔州林波州涉邛州汶東州金林州費林州徐渠州會野州雉州中川州鉗矢州強雞州長臂州楊常州林燒州當仁州當馬州皆天寶已前 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 — count: 4
• 钳徒 (鉗徒) 有一鉗徒相青曰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《衛將軍驃騎列傳》 Biography of Cavalry General Wei — count: 4
• 钳牟 (鉗牟) 高麗酋長鉗牟岑叛 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷三　　　　　　本紀第三　高宗 Volume 3 Annals 3: Gaozong — count: 3