DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

鑽探機

简钻探机 · 繁鑽探機

Mandarin · pinyin zuān tàn jī

drilling machine

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

鑽: Look up this written character
探: tàn · find, locate; search, grope for
機: Look up this written character
钻: zuān · drill, bore; pierce; diamond
机: jī · desk; machine; moment

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–4–1 · zuan1 tan4 ji1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

鑽探機 · find source passages ↗ · 钻探机 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗