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鑽

zuān

drill, bore; pierce; diamond

Strokes
27
Radical
金
HSK
—
Tone
1

Other readings: zuàn

Simplified form: 钻

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 钻, the simplified form of 鑽. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 那些是真钻石吗?

    Nà xiē shì zhēn zuàn shí ma

    Are those real diamonds?

  • 好大一颗钻。

    Hǎo dà yī kē zuān

    The demand is huge.

  • 我们不能让对方钻空子。

    Wǒ men bù néng ràng duì fāng zuān kòng zi

    We can't leave the counterparty any loopholes.

  • 这颗钻石不是真的。

    Zhè kē zuàn shí bù shì zhēn de

    This diamond is not real.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 钻

  • 钻zuān 1to 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
  • 钻石zuàn shí 4–2 diamond
  • 钻研zuān yán 1–2 to study meticulously; to delve into
  • 钻空子zuān kòng zi 1–4–5to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
  • 钻zuàn 4an auger; diamond