匠 jiàng — craftsman; artisan; workman; artisan
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Level 1 · Common HSK 7-9 #394
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Basic definition
Detailed explanation
noun
- (会意。从匚( fāng),盛放工具的筐器,从斤(斧)。工具筐里放着斧头等工具,表示从事木工。本义:木工)
- carpenter e.g 匠氏 · 匠者 · 匠营
- artisan e.g 匠作 · 匠役 · 匠户 · 匠指 · 匠门弃材
- master
verb
- manage e.g 匠世 · 匠理
- educate e.g 匠化 · 匠成
- make
Related words
- 木匠 carpenter; woodworker
- 铁匠 blacksmith; ironsmith; smith; forger; metalworker; farrier; smithy worker
- 工匠 craftsman; artisan; workman; mechanic
- 银匠 silversmith
- 石匠 stonemason
- 巨匠 master; great master; virtuoso
- 匠人 craftsman; artisan
- 能工巧匠 skilled craftsmen; master artisans of great skill
- 匠心 ingenuity; craftsmanship; creative skill; artistic mind
- 鞋匠 shoemaker/cobbler
- 皮匠 cobbler
- 泥水匠 bricklayer; mason
- 泥瓦匠 bricklayer
- 匠心独运 to show original, exquisite craftsmanship
- 画匠 artisan painter; craftsman painter
- 独具匠心 to show originality; to have an ingenious design
- 瓦匠 bricklayer; plasterer
- 教书匠 teacher (usually humorous, self-deprecating or derogatory)
- 别具匠心 showing unique ingenuity
- 花匠 gardener