琢磨

Chinese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhuómó

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): doek³ mo⁴
Min Nan (POJ): tok-mô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuómó
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuómó
  - Wade–Giles: cho²-mo²
  - Yale: jwó-mwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwomo
  - Palladius: чжомо (čžomo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂwɔ³⁵ mwɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: doek³ mo⁴
  - Yale: deuk mòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: doek⁸ mo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dêg³ mo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tœːk̚³ 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

to carve and polish (jade)
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
trad. (琢磨)		琢	磨
simp. ^#(琢磨)		琢	磨
alternative forms		作摩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuómo, zhuómó

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄇㄛ, ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄛˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuómo
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄇㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuómo̊
  - Wade–Giles: tso²-mo⁵
  - Yale: dzwó-mwo
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwo.mo
  - Palladius: цзомо (czomo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡swɔ³⁵ mwɔ³/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuómó → zhuómo (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄛˊ → ㄓㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄇㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuómo̊
  - Wade–Giles: cho²-mo⁵
  - Yale: jwó-mwo
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwo.mo
  - Palladius: чжомо (čžomo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂwɔ³⁵ mwɔ³⁵/ → /ʈ͡ʂwɔ³⁵ mwɔ³/

Verb

琢磨

to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to ponder
(Beijing) to scheme against; to conspire against

Synonyms

Synonyms of 琢磨

冥思 (míngsī)
冥想 (míngxiǎng)
品味 (pǐnwèi)
念 (niàn)
思 (sī) (literary, or in compounds)
思想 (sīxiǎng)
思索 (sīsuǒ)
思考 (sīkǎo)
思裁 (Sichuan)
思量 (sīliáng)
慎思 (shènsī)
掂掇 (diānduo) (colloquial)
掂量 (diānliáng)
推敲 (tuīqiāo)
揣摩 (chuǎimó)
斟酌 (zhēnzhuó) (figuratively)
沉思 (chénsī)

深思 (shēnsī)
玩味 (wánwèi)
玩弄 (wánnòng) (Classical Chinese)
苦思 (kǔsī)
著想／着想 (zhuóxiǎng)
尋味／寻味 (xúnwèi)
尋思／寻思 (xúnsi)
思慮／思虑 (sīlǜ)
思維／思维 (sīwéi)
照顧／照顾 (zhàogù)
算計／算计 (suànjì)
考慮／考虑 (kǎolǜ)
計算／计算 (jìsuàn)
計較／计较 (jìjiào)
設想／设想 (shèxiǎng)
顧全／顾全 (gùquán)
顧及／顾及 (gùjí)

See also

捉摸 (zhuōmō)

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