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Meaning of 鑽

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(Simplified: 钻)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6
Total strokes: 27; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (metal) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ jīn ] gold, metal; money
    • [ zàn ] to help, to support; to laud, to praise
Similar Characters:
1
Pinyin: zuān
English Definition:to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain
Chinese Definition:
①用锥状的物体在另一物体上转动穿孔:钻孔。钻木取火。钻探。
②进入:钻心。钻营。

Example Words:
鑽研HSK 6 zuān yán to study meticulously; to delve into
鑽探 zuān tàn drilling
鑽營 zuān yíng toadying for personal gain; to curry favor; to study in great depth
鑽心 zuān xīn to sneak in; to infiltrate; to be piercingly painful; to be unbearable (of pain, itch etc)
鑽空子 zuān kòng zi lit. to drill a hole; to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
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2
Pinyin: zuàn
English Definition:an auger; diamond
Chinese Definition:
①穿孔洞的用具:钻床。钻头。电钻。
Example Words:
鑽石HSK 6 zuàn shí diamond; Classifiers:
鑽戒 zuàn jiè diamond ring; Classifiers:
鑽頭 zuàn tóu drill bit
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Example Sentences
1
This machine requires drilling.
2
He enjoys delving into Japanese culture.
3
Diamond is one of the hardest minerals.
4
It takes some slow crawling to get through this hole.
5
We need to get to the root of this problem.