釘	1102C30   81A.00-3	部居	畫數  10	ㄉㄧㄥ [ding1]  (*ㄉㄧㄥˋ [ding4] ).
N	([ding1zi0]) A nail: 鐵釘 iron nail; 圖畫釘 thumbtack; 螺絲釘 screw; 螺旋釘 bolt; 鍋釘 rivet; 大方釘 spike; 眼中釘 (fig.) thorn on one's side, person hated.
V	(1)  Follow, trail, pursue closely and persistently: 死釘住他 follow person closely (like private detective); watch one particular opponent (as in basketball); question exhaustively: 釘問. (2)  (*[ding4]) To nail down, put nail in: 釘釘子 *[ding4ding1zi0], drive nail; 釘馬掌 nail horseshoe; 釘鈕子 sew button on; 釘死 nail fast; 釘劈了 *[ding4pi1le0], cause a split while nailing, cross-question into silence.
Words	1.釘疽 [ding1jU1], n., boil, see 疔 瘡 61A.00.  2.釘坑兒 [ding1keng1er0], adv., steadily. 你釘坑兒看我作什麼 why do you stare at me?  3.釘鞋 [ding1xie2], n., spiked shoes.  4.釘子 [ding1zi0], n., nail; 碰釘子 get a rebuff, usu. at the hand of superior.