鑽營

See also: 钻营

Chinese

		an auger; diamond; enter (a hole) an auger; diamond; enter (a hole); probe	army; to deal in; to trade army; to deal in; to trade; to operate; to run; camp; nourishment; to manage
trad. (鑽營)		鑽	營
simp. (钻营)		钻	营

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuānyíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄢ ㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun¹ jing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choàn-êng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuānyíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄢ ㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuanyíng
    • Wade–Giles: tsuan¹-ying²
    • Yale: dzwān-yíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuanyng
    • Palladius: цзуаньин (czuanʹin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯än⁵⁵ iŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun¹ jing⁴
    • Yale: jyūn yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn¹ jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun¹ ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn⁵⁵ jɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choàn-êng
    • Tâi-lô: tsuàn-îng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoarn'eeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan²¹⁻⁵³ iɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan²¹⁻⁵³ iɪŋ¹³/

Verb

鑽營

1. to curry favor with somebody in authority for personal gain; to secure personal gain

Synonyms

• (literary, or in compounds) 鑽／钻 (zuān)
• (Hokkien) 軁鑽／𲄧钻