穿鑿

Chinese

		to bore through; pierce; perforate to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread	chisel
trad. (穿鑿)		穿	鑿
simp. (穿凿)		穿	凿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuānzáo, chuānzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢ ㄗㄠˊ, ㄔㄨㄢ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun¹ zok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhoan-chha̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuānzáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄗㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuanzáo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan¹-tsao²
    • Yale: chwān-dzáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuantzaur
    • Palladius: чуаньцзао (čuanʹczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuānzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuanzuò
    • Wade–Giles: chʻuan¹-tso⁴
    • Yale: chwān-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuantzuoh
    • Palladius: чуаньцзо (čuanʹczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun¹ zok⁶
    • Yale: chyūn johk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn¹ dzok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun¹ zog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoan-chha̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tshuan-tsha̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoanzhak
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuan³³ t͡sʰak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰak̚⁴/

Verb

穿鑿

1. to dig; to open up
2. (figurative) to give an implausible and far-fetched interpretation

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (穿鑿):

• → Japanese: 穿鑿(せんさく) (sensaku); 穿鑿(せんざく) (senzaku)
• → Korean: 천착(穿鑿) (cheonchak)
• → Vietnamese: xuyên tạc (穿鑿)