针 (zhēn): kim

The nurse picked up a long, thin needle, gently inserted it into my arm, and drew a little blood for testing.

My mother sat by the window, put on her reading glasses, skillfully threaded the needle, and prepared to sew a button back onto my shirt.

The doctor carefully sterilized the needle with an alcohol pad, then gave me the vaccine and told me to wait half an hour before leaving.

At the traditional Chinese medicine clinic, the doctor inserted thin silver needles into the acupoints on my leg, saying it would relieve my knee pain.

He used a compass to find his way when lost in the forest, then felt a sewing needle in his backpack and mended the tent that had been torn by a branch.