Ⅰ ❶ (捣杵) pestle: ~ 臼 mortar and pestle ❷ (棒槌) a stick used to pound clothes in washing Ⅱ (戳;捅) poke: 把纸 ~ 个窟窿 poke a hole in the paper; 用手指头 ~ 他一下 give him a poke ◆杵锤 trip-hammer;tail hammer; 杵臼之交 true friendship; 杵状指 {医} acropachia;acropachy;clubbed-finger;hippocratic finger