DRILL    鑿

PIERCE so as to CAUSE something TO HAVE DEEP HOLES IN a SURFACE.
BORE A HOLE INMAKE A HOLE INBOREPIERCEPUNCTUREPERFORATE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Chuān 穿 refers to connecting the things by drilling the holes into these. 2. Zuān 鑽 means to drill a wood with a drill. It was a method of making fire in a remote antiquity.
Modern Chinese Criteria
鑽 鑽進 扎 refers to pricking rather than drilling a hole into something. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • PIERCE　CUT a HOLE THROUGH SOMETHING, USING A SHARP THING. (anc: 13/0, child: 1)
  • CUT　DISPLACE a SHARP INSTRUMENT INTO a THING. (anc: 12/0, child: 9)
  • DISPLACE　CAUSE to MOVE. (anc: 11/0, child: 28)

Words (7 items)

鑽  zuàn OC: tsoons MC: tsʷɑn
鑽  zuān OC: tsoon MC: tsʷɑn 6 Attributions

Zuān 鑽 means to drill a wood with a drill. It was a method of making fire in a remote antiquity. In nominal usage pronounced as zuàn

    Syntactic words
  • nauger; a drill
  • viactdo drilling
  • vtoNdrill
  • vtoNfigurativedrill into; pierce through
穿  chuān OC: khjon MC: tɕhiɛn 6 Attributions

Chuān 穿 refers to connecting the things by drilling the holes into these.

    Syntactic words
  • nabactthe drilling of holes (in walls etc)
  • nabcriminaldrilling holes (in a wall, as a thief)CH
  • vtoNbore holes in, bore one's way into; pierce
  • vtoNpassivebe pierced
鑿  záo OC: dzaawɡ MC: dzɑk 3 Attributions

    Word relations
  • Contrast: 穿/DRILL Chuān 穿 refers to connecting the things by drilling the holes into these.

    Syntactic words
  • nabact.figurativetendency to drill uncongenially and unnaturally into the depths of hermeneutig problemsCH
  • vtoNchisel holes in; perforate with a hole; create an opening in
  • vtoNdrill out, remove with a drillCH
穿鑿  chuān záo OC: khjon dzaawɡ MC: tɕhiɛn dzɑk 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNdrill into, drill holes into
  • VPtoNfigurativedrill into > shape up to; be formed into
燧  suì OC: sɢluds MC: zi 2 Attributions

Suì 燧 is originally a noun, and it is seldom used as a verb.

    Syntactic words
  • vt[oN]drill fire
穿過  chuān guò OC: khjon klools MC: tɕhiɛn kʷɑ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNpassivebe drilled through, be pierced through
擲  zhì OC: ɡ-leɡ MC: ɖiɛk 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNmake hole in (a wall built of planks)