雕鑿

Chinese

		engrave; shrewd	chisel
trad. (雕鑿)		雕	鑿
simp. (雕凿)		雕	凿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diāozáo, diāozuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠ ㄗㄠˊ, ㄉㄧㄠ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diāozáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ ㄗㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diaozáo
    • Wade–Giles: tiao¹-tsao²
    • Yale: dyāu-dzáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diautzaur
    • Palladius: дяоцзао (djaoczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diāozuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diaozuò
    • Wade–Giles: tiao¹-tso⁴
    • Yale: dyāu-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diautzuoh
    • Palladius: дяоцзо (djaoczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/

Verb

雕鑿

1. to carve; to engrave
2. (figurative) to polish (a piece of writing); to write in an ornate style

Synonyms

• (to carve):

• 刊刻 (kānkè)
• 勒 (literary)
• 摳／抠 (kōu)
• 鐫刻／镌刻 (juānkè) (literary)
• 雕刻 (diāokè)
• 雕塑 (diāosù)
• 雕琢 (diāozhuó)

 

• (to polish a piece of writing):

• 修飾／修饰 (xiūshì)
• 文飾／文饰 (literary)
• 潤／润 (rùn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 潤色／润色 (rùnsè)
• 潤飾／润饰 (rùnshì)
• 雕琢 (diāozhuó) (figurative)