琢磨

琢磨

Chinese

Etymology 1

		to cut (gems)	grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
simp. and trad. (琢磨)		琢	磨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuómó

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): doek³ mo⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): tok-mô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhuómó
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwomo
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: doek³ mo⁴
    • Yale: deuk mòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doek⁸ mo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dêg³ mo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tœ̽ːk̚³ mɔː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tok-mô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tok-môo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dokmoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚³²⁻⁴ mɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚³²⁻⁵ mɔ̃¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ mɔ̃²⁴/

Verb

琢磨

1. to carve and polish (jade)
2. to polish and refine a literary work

Etymology 2

		to cut (gems)	grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
simp. and trad. (琢磨)		琢	磨
variant forms		作摩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuómo, zhuómó

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄇㄛ, ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: zuómo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄇㄛ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwo.mho
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhuómó → zhuómo (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄛˊ → ㄓㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄇㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwo.mo
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ mu̯ɔ³/

Verb

琢磨

1. to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to ponder

Synonyms

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思慮／思虑 (sīlǜ) 思索 (sīsuǒ) 思考 (sīkǎo) 思量 (sīliáng)

揣摩 (chuǎimó) 斟酌 (zhēnzhuó) (figuratively) 考慮／考虑 (kǎolǜ)

See also

• 捉摸 (zhuōmō)