钥匙
Pinyin: yào shi
key
Example sentence
钥匙在我的钱包里。
Yàoshi zài wǒ de qiánbāo lǐ.
The key is in my wallet.
What 钥匙 means
钥匙 (yào shi) is a Chinese word meaning “key”. It belongs to the Things topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.