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钻

zuān · zuan/zuàn · zuan

Traditional 鑽 / 鑚

HSK 6

Meaning

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zuān 鑽

  1. to drill
  2. to bore
  3. to get into
  4. to make one's way into
  5. to enter (a hole)
  6. to thread one's way through
  7. to study intensively
  8. to dig into
  9. to curry favor for personal gain

zuàn 鑽

  1. an auger
  2. diamond

zuàn 鑚

  1. variant of 鑽 / 钻 (zuàn)
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Too cold to get up

  1. Liangliang

    十点(shídiǎn)了(le)，你(nǐ)怎么(zěnme)还(hái)不(bù)起床(qǐchuáng)？

    It's ten o'clock. Why aren't you up yet?

  2. Dengdeng

    外面(wàimiàn)太(tài)冷(lěng)了(le)，我(wǒ)又(yòu)钻(zuān)进(jìn)被子(bèizi)里(lǐ)了(le)。

    It's too cold outside. I crawled back under the blanket.

  3. Liangliang

    那(nà)早饭(zǎofàn)怎么办(zěnmebàn)？

    Then what about breakfast?

  4. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)去(qù)买(mǎi)吧(ba)，我(wǒ)钻(zuān)在(zài)被子(bèizi)里(lǐ)等(děng)你(nǐ)。

    You go buy it. I'll stay under the blanket and wait.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)钻(zuān)出来(chūlái)，我们(wǒmen)一起(yīqǐ)去(qù)买(mǎi)！

    Then crawl out and let's go buy it together!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

工(gōng)人(rén)正(zhèng)在(zài)用(yòng)机(jī)器(qì)钻(zuān)一(yí)个(gè)洞(dòng)。

The worker is drilling a hole with a machine.

02

这(zhè)枚(méi)戒(jiè)指(zhi)上(shàng)镶(xiāng)着(zhe)一(yì)颗(kē)钻(zuàn)石(shí)。

This ring is set with a diamond.

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