DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

鑿岩機

简凿岩机 · 繁鑿岩機

Mandarin · pinyin záo yán jī

rock drill

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

鑿: Look up this written character
岩: yán · cliff; rocks; mountain
機: Look up this written character
凿: záo · chisel; bore, pierce
机: jī · desk; machine; moment

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

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–2–1 · zao2 yan2 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.

鑿岩機 · find source passages ↗ · 凿岩机 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zok6 ngaam4 gei1

Cantonese word readings for 鑿岩機. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack