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zuàn
HSK 6freq #3642

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zuàn
  1. 1.variant of 钻[zuàn]
zuàn
  1. 1.drill; auger
  2. 2.diamond
zuān
  1. 1.to drill
  2. 2.to bore
  3. 3.to get into
  4. 4.to make one's way into
  5. 5.to enter (a hole)
  6. 6.to thread one's way through
  7. 7.to study intensively
  8. 8.to dig into
  9. 9.to curry favor for personal gain

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  1. 1.diamond
  2. 2.to drill; to bore
  3. 3.to study intensively
  4. 4.to go deep into or go through; to get into; to break through; to pierce
  5. 5.to secure personal gain
  6. 6.drill; auger (tool)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔsoːn, *ʔsoːns): semantic 釒 + phonetic 贊 (OC *ʔsaːns). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsow-t (“to pierce, plant, erect; a thorn”). Cognate with Burmese စူး (cu:, “to be pierced”), 竄 (OC *sʰoːn, *sʰoːns, “to flee, exile”) (STEDT).

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