钻 zuān
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 占 to divine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
钻
zuān
to drill, to go into
Character
Example phrases
- 工人用机器在墙上钻了一个小孔。 Gōngrén yòng jīqì zài qiáng shàng zuān le yí ge xiǎo kǒng. The worker used a machine to drill a small hole in the wall.
- 小猫钻进了沙发底下，怎么叫也不出来。 Xiǎo māo zuānjìn le shāfā dǐxia, zěnme jiào yě bù chūlái. The kitten crawled under the sofa and won't come out no matter how you call it.
- 孩子们钻进帐篷里，开心地讲起故事。 Háizimen zuānjìn zhàngpeng lǐ, kāixīn de jiǎng qǐ gùshi. The children crawled into the tent and happily began telling stories.
Related words
- 钻空子 zuānkòngzi to exploit a loophole
- 钻研 zuānyán to study deeply; to delve into
- 钻石 zuànshí diamond
- 旋转 xuánzhuǎn to rotate, to revolve
- 捉 zhuō to catch, to capture
- 转 zhuàn to turn, to revolve
- 捕 bǔ to catch, to capture
- 赖 lài bad; to rely on, to depend on
- 扑 pū to pounce on
- 脚印 jiǎoyìn footprint
- 碰撞 pèngzhuàng to collide
- 散发 sànfā to emit, to give off