雕琢

Chinese

		engrave; shrewd	to cut (gems)
trad. (雕琢)		雕	琢
simp. #(雕琢)		雕	琢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diāozhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠ ㄓㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹ doek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiau-tok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diāozhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ ㄓㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diaojhuó
    • Wade–Giles: tiao¹-cho²
    • Yale: dyāu-jwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaujwo
    • Palladius: дяочжо (djaočžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu¹ doek³
    • Yale: dīu deuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹ doek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu¹ dêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵ tœːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiau-tok
    • Tâi-lô: tiau-tok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diau'dog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiau⁴⁴⁻²² tɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau³³ tɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau⁴⁴⁻²² tɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiau⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔk̚³²/

Verb

雕琢

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

Synonyms

• (to cut and polish):

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• 刊刻 (kānkè)
• 勒 (literary)
• 摳／抠 (kōu)
• 鐫刻／镌刻 (juānkè) (literary)
• 雕刻 (diāokè)
• 雕塑 (diāosù)
• 雕鑿／雕凿 (diāozáo)

 

• (to polish a piece of writing):

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• 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)
• 雕鑿／雕凿 (diāozáo) (figurative)

 

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