鑽石

See also: 钻石

Chinese

		an auger; diamond; enter (a hole) an auger; diamond; enter (a hole); probe	rock; stone; 10 pecks
trad. (鑽石)		鑽	石
simp. (钻石)		钻	石

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuànshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄢˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun³ sek⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chon-sa̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choàn-se̍k / choàn-chio̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuànshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄢˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuànshíh
    • Wade–Giles: tsuan⁴-shih²
    • Yale: dzwàn-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuannshyr
    • Palladius: цзуаньши (czuanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯än⁵¹ ʂɻ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun³ sek⁶
    • Yale: jyun sehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn³ sek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun³ ség⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn³³ sɛːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chon-sa̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: zon sag
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zon⁴ sag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡son⁵⁵ sak̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choàn-se̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsuàn-si̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoarnsek
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choàn-chio̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsuàn-tsio̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoarncioih
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɤʔ⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sioʔ⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Singapore): /t͡suan²¹⁻⁴² t͡sioʔ⁴³/

Noun

鑽石

1. diamond (precious stone) (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 枚 m; 粒 c mn)

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Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鑽石 (“diamond (precious stone)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鑽石, 金剛石, 金剛鑽, 鑽
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鑽石
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	金剛鑽兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鑽石
Gan	Nanchang	金剛鑽
Southern Min	Xiamen	璇石, 璇仔, 金剛璇, 火璇 dated
	Quanzhou	璇石
	Jinjiang	璇石
	Zhangzhou	璇石
	Taipei	璇石
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	璇石
	Kaohsiung	璇石
	Yilan	璇石
	Changhua (Lukang)	璇石
	Taichung	璇石
	Tainan	璇石, 火璇 GT, dated
	Hsinchu	璇石
	Kinmen	璇石
	Penghu (Magong)	璇石
	Singapore (Hokkien)	璇石
	Manila (Hokkien)	璇石, 璇
	Jieyang	璇
Wu	Suzhou	金剛鑽
	Wenzhou	金剛鑽
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 鑽石王老五 / 钻石王老五 (zuànshí wánglǎowǔ)