琢磨

Chinese

Etymology 1

		to cut (gems)	grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
trad. (琢磨)		琢	磨
simp. #(琢磨)		琢	磨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuómó

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): doek³ mo⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tok-mô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuómó
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuómó
    • Wade–Giles: cho²-mo²
    • Yale: jwó-mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwomo
    • Palladius: чжомо (čžomo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: doek³ mo⁴
    • Yale: deuk mòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doek⁸ mo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dêg³ mo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tœːk̚³ mɔː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tok-mô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tok-môo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dokmoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚³²⁻⁴ mɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚³²⁻⁵ mɔ̃¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ mɔ̃²⁴/

Verb

琢磨

1. to carve and polish (jade)
2. to polish and refine a literary work

Etymology 2

		to cut (gems)	grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
trad. (琢磨)		琢	磨
simp. #(琢磨)		琢	磨
alternative forms		作摩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuómo, zhuómó

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄇㄛ, ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuómo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄇㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuómo̊
    • Wade–Giles: tso²-mo⁵
    • Yale: dzwó-mwo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwo.mo
    • Palladius: цзомо (czomo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuómó → zhuómo (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄛˊ → ㄓㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄇㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuómo̊
    • Wade–Giles: cho²-mo⁵
    • Yale: jwó-mwo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwo.mo
    • Palladius: чжомо (čžomo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³/

Verb

琢磨

1. to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to ponder
2. (Beijing Mandarin) to scheme against; to conspire against

Synonyms

• 冥思 (míngsī)
• 冥想 (míngxiǎng)
• 品味 (pǐnwèi)
• 尋味／寻味 (xúnwèi)
• 尋思／寻思
• 念 (niàn)
• 思 (literary, or in compounds)
• 思想 (sīxiǎng)
• 思慮／思虑 (sīlǜ)
• 思索 (sīsuǒ)
• 思維／思维 (sīwéi)
• 思考 (sīkǎo)
• 思裁 (si¹ cai²) (Sichuanese)
• 思量 (sīliáng)
• 慎思 (shènsī)
• 掂掇 (diānduo) (colloquial)
• 推敲 (tuīqiāo)
• 掂量 (diānliáng)
• 揣摩 (chuǎimó)
• 斟酌 (zhēnzhuó) (figuratively)
• 沉思 (chénsī)
• 深思 (shēnsī)
• 照顧／照顾 (zhàogù)
• 玩味 (wánwèi)
• 玩弄 (Classical Chinese)
• 算計／算计 (suànjì)
• 考慮／考虑 (kǎolǜ)
• 苦思 (kǔsī)
• 著想／着想 (zhuóxiǎng)
• 計算／计算 (jìsuàn)
• 計較／计较
• 設想／设想 (shèxiǎng)
• 顧全／顾全 (gùquán)
• 顧及／顾及 (gùjí)

 

See also

• 捉摸 (zhuōmō)