| 鑽 | [ zuān ] to 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 |
| 鑽 | [ zuàn ] an auger, diamond |
| 鑽井 | [ zuān jǐng ] to drill (e.g. for oil), a borehole |
| 鑽井平台 | [ zuān jǐng píng taí ] (oil) drilling platform |
| 鑽勁 | [ zuān jìn ] application to the task |
| 鑽卡 | [ zuàn qiǎ ] drill chuck |
| 鑽圈 | [ zuān quān ] jumping through hoops (as acrobatic show) |
| 鑽堅仰高 | [ zuān jiān yǎng gaō ] lit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects), fig. to delve deeply into one's studies, meticulous and diligent study |
| 鑽壓 | [ zuàn yā ] pressure on a drill bit |
| 鑽孔 | [ zuān kǒng ] to bore a hole, to drill, drilled hole |
| 鑽心 | [ zuān xīn ] to sneak in, to infiltrate, to be piercingly painful, to be unbearable (of pain, itch etc) |
| 鑽心蟲 | [ zuān xīn chóng ] boring insect, snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest |
| 鑽戒 | [ zuàn jiè ] diamond ring, CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 鑽探 | [ zuān tàn ] to conduct exploratory drilling |
| 鑽探機 | [ zuān tàn jī ] drilling machine |
| 鑽故紙堆 | [ zuān gù zhǐ duī ] to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers |
| 鑽木取火 | [ zuān mù qǔ huǒ ] to drill wood to make fire |
| 鑽桌子 | [ zuān zhuō zi ] to crawl under a table (e.g. as a penalty for losing in a card game) |
| 鑽機 | [ zuàn jī ] drilling machine |
| 鑽洞 | [ zuān dòng ] to bore, to burrow, to crawl through a tunnel |
| 鑽營 | [ zuān yíng ] toadying for personal gain, to curry favor, to study in great depth |
| 鑽版 | [ zuān bǎn ] to cut a woodblock (e.g. for printing) |
| 鑽牛角 | [ zuān niú ] lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem, to bash one's head against a brick wall, a wild goose chase, a blind alley, to split hairs, same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖 |
| 鑽牛角尖 | [ zuān niú jiān ] lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem, to bash one's head against a brick wall, a wild goose chase, a blind alley, to split hairs |
| 鑽眼 | [ zuān yǎn ] to drill a hole, drilling |
| 鑽石 | [ zuàn shí ] diamond, CL:顆|颗[ke1] |
| 鑽石王老五 | [ zuàn shí wáng laǒ wǔ ] highly eligible bachelor, desirable male partner |
| 鑽研 | [ zuān yán ] to study meticulously, to delve into |
| 鑽空子 | [ zuān kòng zi ] lit. to drill a hole, to take advantage of a loophole, to exploit an advantage, to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad) |
| 鑽粉 | [ zuān fěn ] residue from drilling, slag hill |
| 鑽謀 | [ zuān moú ] to use influence to get what one wants, to find a way through (esp. corrupt), to succeed by means fair or foul |
| 鑽進 | [ zuān jìn ] to get into, to dig into (studies, job etc), to squeeze into |
| 鑽頭 | [ zuàn toú ] drill bit |
| ⇒ 冰鑽 | [ bīng zuàn ] ice auger |
| ⇒ 刁鑽 | [ zuān ] crafty, tricky |
| ⇒ 刻苦鑽研 | [ kè kǔ zuān yán ] to study diligently |
| ⇒ 手鑽 | [ shoǔ zuàn ] gimlet, hand drill |
| ⇒ 打孔鑽 | [ dǎ kǒng zuàn ] auger, drill |
| ⇒ 敲釘鑽腳 | [ dīng zuān ] to make doubly sure (idiom) |
| ⇒ 曲柄鑽 | [ qū bǐng zuàn ] hand drill with a crank handle |
| ⇒ 氣鑽 | [ qì zuàn ] pneumatic drill |
| ⇒ 無孔不鑽 | [ wú kǒng bù zuān ] lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity |
| ⇒ 獨立鑽石 | [ dú lì zuàn shí ] solitaire (puzzle) |
| ⇒ 瓶塞鑽 | [ píng saī zuàn ] corkscrew |
| ⇒ 碎鑽 | [ suì zuàn ] small diamonds, melee (small diamonds used in embellishing mountings for larger gems), splints (sharp-pointed diamond splinters), clatersal (small diamond splints from which diamond powder is produced by crushing) |
| ⇒ 精靈寶鑽 | [ jīng líng baǒ zuàn ] treasure of spirits, Silmarillion or Quenta Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien 托爾金|托尔金 |
| ⇒ 萬頭鑽動 | [ wàn toú zuān dòng ] milling crowds |
| ⇒ 螺絲鑽 | [ luó sī zuàn ] auger, gimlet, screwdriver (cocktail) |
| ⇒ 血鑽 | [ xuè zuàn ] blood diamond, conflict diamond |
| ⇒ 衝擊鑽 | [ chōng jī zuàn ] impact drill, hammer drill |
| ⇒ 見縫就鑽 | [ jiàn fèng jiù zuān ] lit. to squeeze into every crack (idiom), fig. to make the most of every opportunity |
| ⇒ 開鑽 | [ kaī zuān ] to start drilling |
| ⇒ 電鑽 | [ diàn zuàn ] electric drill |
| ⇒ 風鑽 | [ fēng zuàn ] pneumatic drill, jackhammer |