鑿鑿

Chinese

		chisel	chisel
trad. (鑿鑿)		鑿	鑿
simp. (凿凿)		凿	凿

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): záozáo, zuòzuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˊ ㄗㄠˊ, ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cho̍k-cho̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: záozáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˊ ㄗㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: záozáo
    • Wade–Giles: tsao²-tsao²
    • Yale: dzáu-dzáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaurtzaur
    • Palladius: цзаоцзао (czaoczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòzuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòzuò
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-tso⁴
    • Yale: dzwò-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohtzuoh
    • Palladius: цзоцзо (czoczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho̍k-cho̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tso̍k-tso̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zogzok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsak tsak

Rime
Character	鑿
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	則落切
Baxter	tsak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sak̚/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zok3

Adjective

鑿鑿

1. (literary) bright; brilliant; vivid
2. true; real; reliable; credible

Derived terms

• 人言鑿鑿／人言凿凿
• 炳炳鑿鑿／炳炳凿凿
• 言之鑿鑿／言之凿凿 (yánzhīzáozáo)
• 鑿鑿有據／凿凿有据

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): chĕ̤k-chĕ̤k

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chĕ̤k-chĕ̤k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰøyʔ⁵ t͡sʰøyʔ⁵/

Noun

鑿鑿

1. (Eastern Min) chisel

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鑿子 (“chisel”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鑿
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鑿子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鑿子
	Taiwan	鑿子
	Harbin	鑿子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鑿子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鑿子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鑿
	Wanrong	鑿子
	Xi'an	鑿子
	Xining	鑿子
	Xuzhou	鑿子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鑿子
	Ürümqi	鑿子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鑿子
	Wuhan	鑿子
	Guiyang	鑿子
	Liuzhou	鑿子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鑿子
	Yangzhou	鑿子
	Hefei	鑿子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鑿
	Hong Kong	鑿
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	鑿
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	鑿仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	鑿仔
	Dongguan	鑿
	Yangjiang	鑿仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鑿
Gan	Nanchang	鑿子
	Lichuan	鑿子, 鑿兒, 鑿仔
	Pingxiang	鑿子
Hakka	Meixian	鑿仔
	Yudu	鑿子
	Hong Kong	鑿仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	鑿仔
Huizhou	Jixi	鑿
Jin	Taiyuan	鑿子
	Xinzhou	鑿子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鑿仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鑿鑿, 鑿, 鑿囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	鑿仔
	Quanzhou	鑿仔
	Zhangzhou	鑿仔
	Chaozhou	鑿囝
	Jieyang	鑿囝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鑿
	Haikou	鑿
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鑿子, 鑿
Wu	Shanghai	鑿子, 鑿頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鑿子
	Suzhou	鑿子
	Danyang	鑿子
	Ningbo	鑿子
	Wenzhou	鑿
Xiang	Changsha	鑿子
	Loudi	鑿子
	Shuangfeng	鑿子