鑽石

See also: 钻石

Chinese

		an auger; diamond; enter (a hole) an auger; diamond; enter (a hole); probe	rock; stone; 10 pecks
trad. (鑽石)		鑽	石
simp. (钻石)		钻	石

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuànshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄢˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyun³ sek⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chon-sa̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choàn-se̍k / choàn-chio̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuànshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄢˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuànshíh
    • Wade–Giles: tsuan⁴-shih²
    • Yale: dzwàn-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuannshyr
    • Palladius: цзуаньши (czuanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯än⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyun³ sek⁶
    • Yale: jyun sehk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyn³ sek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jun³ ség⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːn³³ sɛːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chon-sa̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: zon sag
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zon⁴ sag⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡son⁵⁵ sak̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choàn-se̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsuàn-si̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoarnsek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan²¹⁻⁵³ siɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choàn-chio̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsuàn-tsio̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoarncioih
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɤʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sioʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡suan²¹⁻⁴² t͡sioʔ⁴³/

Noun

鑽石

1. diamond (precious stone) (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 粒 c)

Synonyms

• 金剛石／金刚石 (jīngāngshí)
• (dialectal) 金剛鑽兒／金刚钻儿
• (Gan, Wu) 金剛鑽／金刚钻 (jīngāngzuàn)
• (Hokkien) 璇石, 火璇

Derived terms

• 鑽石王老五／钻石王老五 (zuànshí wánglǎowǔ)