What does 钥匙 mean in Chinese?

钥匙 (yào shi) means "key" in Chinese. It is an HSK Level 4 word.

How do you pronounce 钥匙?

钥匙 is pronounced "yào shi" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 2 syllables.

钥匙 is made up of the characters 钥, 匙. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.

You can practice writing 钥匙 using our stroke order tool.

钥匙

yào shi

key

HSK 4classifier

Traditional: 鑰匙

Classifier: 把 (bǎ)

这是钥匙。

Zhè shì yàoshi

This is the key

HSK 2.0: Level 4

Reviewed by RJ Murray, Founder, HSK Lord.