DRILL  

PIERCE so as to CAUSE something TO HAVE DEEP HOLES IN a SURFACE.
BORE A HOLE INMAKE A HOLE INBOREPIERCEPUNCTUREPERFORATE
Hypernym
  • PIERCECUT a HOLE THROUGH SOMETHING, USING A SHARP THING.
    • CUTDISPLACE a SHARP INSTRUMENT INTO a THING.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Chuān 穿 refers to connecting the things by drilling the holes into these.

2. Zuān 鑽 means to drill a wood with a drill. It was a method of making fire in a remote antiquity.

Modern Chinese Criteria


鑽進

扎 refers to pricking rather than drilling a hole into something.

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /

    Words

    穿  chuān OC: khjon MC: tɕhiɛn 6 AttributionsWD

    Chuān 穿 refers to connecting the things by drilling the holes into these.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactthe drilling of holes (in walls etc)
    • nabcriminaldrilling holes (in a wall, as a thief)CH
    • vtoNbore holes in, bore one's way into; pierce
    • vtoNpassivebe pierced
      zuàn OC: tsoons MC: tsʷɑn
      zuān OC: tsoon MC: tsʷɑn 6 AttributionsWD

    Zuān 鑽 means to drill a wood with a drill. It was a method of making fire in a remote antiquity. In nominal usage pronounced as zuàn

      Syntactic words
    • nauger; a drill
    • viactdo drilling
    • vtoNdrill
    • vtoNfigurativedrill into; pierce through
      záo OC: dzaawɡ MC: dzɑk 3 AttributionsWD

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 穿/DRILL Chuān 穿 refers to connecting the things by drilling the holes into these.

      Syntactic words
    • nabact.figurativetendency to drill uncongenially and unnaturally into the depths of hermeneutig problemsCH
    • vtoNchisel holes in; perforate with a hole; create an opening in
    • vtoNdrill out, remove with a drillCH
      suì OC: sɢluds MC: zi 2 AttributionsWD

    Suì 燧 is originally a noun, and it is seldom used as a verb.

      Syntactic words
    • vt[oN]drill fire
    穿鑿  chuān záo OC: khjon dzaawɡ MC: tɕhiɛn dzɑk 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNdrill into, drill holes into
    • VPtoNfigurativedrill into > shape up to; be formed into
    穿過  chuān guò OC: khjon klools MC: tɕhiɛn kʷɑ 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNpassivebe drilled through, be pierced through
      zhì OC: ɡ-leɡ MC: ɖiɛk 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNmake hole in (a wall built of planks)

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