琢 zuó
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 王 — king, ruler
- Made of
- 王 king, ruler 豖 a shackled pig
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
琢磨
zuómo
to ponder; to polish through careful thought or work
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 他把那段话反复琢磨了几天，才意识到其中隐藏着委婉的拒绝。 Tā bǎ nà duàn huà fǎnfù zuómo le jǐ tiān, cái yìshí dào qízhōng yǐncáng zhe wěiwǎn de jùjué. He pondered that passage for several days before realising that it contained an indirect refusal.
- 他琢磨了半天，还是没想明白这句话是什么意思。 Tā zuómo le bàntiān, háishì méi xiǎng míngbai zhè jù huà shì shénme yìsi. He pondered for a long time but still could not figure out what that sentence meant.
- 你别瞎猜了，好好琢磨琢磨他话里的意思。 Nǐ bié xiā cāi le, hǎohāo zuómo zuómo tā huà lǐ de yìsi. Stop guessing wildly; think carefully about what he actually meant.
Related words
- 打磨 dǎmó to polish; to refine
- 磨 mó to grind; polish; wear down
- 磨合 móhé to run in; to adjust; to get used to working together
- 磨炼 móliàn to temper; to steel; to train through hardship
- 磨难 mónàn hardship; suffering; tribulation
- 磨损 mósǔn to wear down; wear and tear
- 消磨 xiāomó to kill time; to wear away
- 折磨 zhémó to torment; to torture; to make suffer
- 思前想后 sīqiánxiǎnghòu to think carefully; to ponder over
- 想方设法 xiǎngfāngshèfǎ to try every possible means
- 斟酌 zhēnzhuó to deliberate; to weigh up; to consider carefully
- 物色 wùsè to look for; to seek out