Tom clenched the shovel.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
铲子
shovel; spade; trowel; spatula (kitchen utensil)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
shovel; spade; trowel; spatula (kitchen utensil)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 铲子 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 铲子 appears in 8 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Are spatulas for scraping or turning?
He uses a spatula to scrape off advertisements that were stuck on the ground.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 铲子.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 铲子.
Directly before
- 用铲子3
- 的铲子2
- 了铲子1
- 一把铲子1
Directly after
- 铲子吗1
- 铲子是1
- 铲子翻1
- 铲子刮掉1
- 铲子挖沙1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 铲子
What does 铲子 mean in Chinese?
铲子 (chǎnzi) means shovel; spade; trowel; spatula (kitchen utensil).
How do you pronounce 铲子?
铲子 is pronounced chǎnzi.
Is 铲子 an HSK word?
铲子 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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