钻 (鑽) zuān

1. zuān verb to drill; to bore
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '鑽' zuān v 1; Unihan '鑽')
2. zuàn noun a drill
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Tools
   Notes: (Guoyu '鑽' zuàn n 2)
3. zuān verb to go through; to pass through
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 穿行 (Guoyu '鑽' zuān v 2)
4. zuān verb to climb for self advancement
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '鑽' zuān v 3)
5. zuān verb to investigate in detail
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 深入研究 (Guoyu '鑽' zuān v 4)
6. zuān verb to search for
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 寻找 (Guoyu '鑽' zuān v 5)
7. zuàn noun a diamond
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '鑽' zuàn n 1; Unihan '鑽')
8. zuàn proper noun Zuan
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '鑽' zuàn n 3)

Contained in

• 瓶塞钻(瓶塞鑽) corkscrew
• 钻圈(鑽圈) jumping through hoops (as acrobatic show)
• 钻心虫(鑽心蟲) boring insect
• 钻木出火(鑽木出火) to drill wood to make fire
• 开钻(開鑽) to start drilling
• 钻牛角尖(鑽牛角尖) to penetrate into a bull's horn; to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to bash one's head against a brick wall; a wild goose chase; a blind alley
• 钻戒(鑽戒) diamond ring
• 钻石王老五(鑽石王老五) highly eligible bachelor; desirable male partner
• 钻版(鑽版) to cut a woodblock (e.g. for printing)
• 钻劲(鑽勁) application to the task
• 钻压(鑽壓) pressure on a drill bit
• 见缝就钻(見縫就鑽) to squeeze into every crack; to make the most of every opportunity
• 风钻(風鑽) pneumatic drill; jackhammer
• 打孔钻(打孔鑽) auger; drill
• 钻孔(鑽孔) to bore a hole; to drill; drilled hole
• 钻故纸堆(鑽故紙堆) to dig into piles of outdated writings; to study old books and papers
• 钻谋(鑽謀) to use influence to get what one wants; to find a way through (especially corrupt)
• 钻空子(鑽空子) to drill a hole; to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage
• 曲柄钻(曲柄鑽) hand drill with a crank handle
• 钻桌子(鑽桌子) to crawl under a table (e.g. as a penalty for losing in a card game)
• 无孔不钻(無孔不鑽) leave no hole undrilled; to latch on to every opportunity
• 手钻(手鑽) gimlet; hand drill
• 钻井(鑽井) to drill (e.g. for oil); a borehole
• 独立钻石(獨立鑽石) solitaire (puzzle)
• 钻坚仰高(鑽堅仰高) looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (from Analects); to delve deeply into one's studies
• 螺丝钻(螺絲鑽) auger; gimlet; screwdriver (cocktail)
• 钻卡(鑽卡) drill chuck
• 钻探(鑽探) to drill
• 钻探机(鑽探機) drilling machine
• 敲钉钻脚(敲釘鑽腳) to make doubly sure
• 冰钻(冰鑽) ice auger
• 钻井平台(鑽井平台) oil drilling platform
• 钻营(鑽營) toadying for personal gain; to curry favor ; to study in great depth
• 钻牛角(鑽牛角) honing a bull's horn; to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to bash one's head against a brick wall; a wild goose chase; a blind alley
• 钻洞(鑽洞) to bore; to burrow; to crawl through a tunnel
• 冲击钻(衝擊鑽) impact drill; hammer drill
• 气钻(氣鑽) pneumatic drill
• 电钻(電鑽) electric drill
• 钻粉(鑽粉) residue from drilling; slag hill
• 刻苦钻研(刻苦鑽研) to study diligently
• 钻石(鑽石) diamond
• 碎钻(碎鑽) small diamonds; melee; splints; clatersal
• 血钻(血鑽) blood diamond; conflict diamond
• 钻木取火(鑽木取火) to drill wood to make fire
• 钻头(鑽頭) drill bit
• 万头钻动(萬頭鑽動) milling crowds
• 钻眼(鑽眼) to drill a hole
• 钻心(鑽心) to sneak in; to infiltrate; to be piercingly painful; to be unbearable (of pain, itch etc)
• 刁钻(刁鑽) crafty; tricky

Also contained in

精灵宝钻 、 中石油川东钻探公司

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第七十四回 Chapter 74 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 22
• 第七十五回 Chapter 75 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 20
• 卷四十六 郭陳列傳 Volume 46: Biographies of Guo, Chen Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 10
• 第六十五回 Chapter 65 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 8
• 第七十三回 Chapter 73 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 8
• 第八十二回 Chapter 82 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 8
• 第四十六回 Chapter 46 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 7
• 第八十四回 Chapter 84 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
• 第十九回 Chapter 19 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
• 第二十二回 Chapter 22 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 5

Collocations

• 钻燧 (鑽燧) 鑽燧改火 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 17. 《陽貨》 Yang Huo — count: 21
• 钻仰 (鑽仰) 必幽符鑽仰 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷八十一 列傳第四十一 劉秀之 顧琛 顧覬之 Volume 81 Biographies 41: Liu Xiuzhi, Gu Chen, Gu Jizhi — count: 13
• 钻钻 (鑽鑽) 丸鑽鑽于內隟厲 — Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經, Full Text — count: 6
• 钻凿 (鑽鑿) 其次用鑽鑿 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十三 刑法志 Volume 23: Treatise on Punishment and Law — count: 5
• 钻皮 (鑽皮) 所好则钻皮出其毛羽 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十下 文苑列傳 Volume 80b: Biographies of Writers 2 — count: 4
• 钻龟 (鑽龜) 襄主鑽龜筮占兆 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 初見秦第一 Chapter 1: Initial Interview with the King of Qin — count: 3
• 用钻 (用鑽) 其次用鑽鑿 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十三 刑法志 Volume 23: Treatise on Punishment and Law — count: 3
• 金刚钻 (金剛鑽) 金剛鑽 — New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史, 卷七十四 四夷附錄第三: 奚 吐渾 達靼 党項 突厥 吐蕃 回鶻 于闐 高麗 渤海 新羅 黑水靺鞨 南詔蠻 牂牁 昆明 占城 Volume 74: Appendix on the Four Barbarians 3 - Xi, Tuyuhun, Dada, Tangut, Tujie, Tubo, Huihu, Yutian, Goryeo, Bohai, Silla, Heishui Tungusic tribes, Nanzhao Man, Zhangke, Kunming, Champa — count: 3
• 钻坚 (鑽堅) 鑽堅研微有弗及之勤 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九十一 列傳第六十一 儒林 Volume 91 Biographies 61: Confucian Scholars — count: 3
• 钻发 (鑽髮) 或鏤膚而鑽髮 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷六 Scroll 6 — count: 3