钻 zuān / zuàn in a sentence
Drill (go through - probe); Drill (diamond)
钻 (zuān / zuàn) means Drill (go through - probe), Drill (diamond). Below are 5 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
兔子一下子 钻 进了草丛。
Tùzi yíxiàzi zuān jìn le cǎo cóng.
The rabbit darted into the thicket of grass.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 丛
只有肯 钻 研才能有突破。
Zhǐyǒu kěn zuānyán cái néng yǒu tūpò.
Only by digging deep can one achieve a breakthrough.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 钻研
戒指上镶着一颗小 钻 石。
Jièzhi shang xiāngzhe yì kē xiǎo zuànshí.
A small diamond is set in the ring.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 钻石
他 钻 研这个问题很多年了。
Tā zuānyán zhège wèntí hěn duō nián le.
He has been delving into this problem for many years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 钻研
钻 石是自然界最硬的物质之一。
Zuànshí shì zìránjiè zuì yìng de wùzhì zhī yī.
Diamond is one of the hardest substances in nature.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 钻石
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Words that contain 钻
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Questions about 钻
How is 钻 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 钻 (zuān / zuàn, "Drill (go through - probe), Drill (diamond)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 钻 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 钻 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 钻?
The dictionary page for 钻 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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