鑽
zuānzuàn HSK6

drill

钻 (鑽) zuān frequency
drill verb
to drill or bore a hole

木工在木板上钻了一个圆孔。

mù​gōng zài mù​bǎn shàng zuān le yī gè yuán kǒng.

The carpenter drilled a round hole in the wooden board.

enter verb
to get into, thread one's way through, or enter a hole or narrow space

老鼠钻进了洞里。

lǎo​shǔ zuān jìn le dòng lǐ.

The mouse scurried into the hole.

maneuver verb
to curry favor or use connections for personal gain

他为了升职，到处钻营。

tā wèi​le shēng​zhí, dào​chù zuān yíng.

He pulled strings everywhere to get a promotion.

study verb
to study intensively or dig into a subject

他这几年一直钻在学术研究里。

tā zhè jǐ nián yī​zhí zuān zài xué​shù yán​jiū lǐ.

He has been buried in academic research for the past few years.

钻 (鑽) zuàn
diamond noun
a diamond or a precious gem used in jewelry or as an abrasive

他买了一颗五克拉的钻，准备做成项链。

tā mǎi le yī kē wǔ kè​lā de zuàn, zhǔn​bèi zuò chéng xiàng​liàn.

He bought a five-carat diamond and plans to make it into a necklace.

drill noun
a tool for boring holes, such as an auger

这把钻的动力非常强劲。

zhè bǎ zuàn de dòng​lì fēi​cháng qiáng​jìng.

The power of this drill is very strong.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,724th most common 52.0 per million
Movie subtitles
1,399th most common 50.7 per million appears in 15% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
21.3 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
27.6 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Simplified
钻𰿆
Strokes
26
Unicode
U+947D

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)