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

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

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
simp. and trad. (琢磨)		琢	磨
variant forms		作摩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuómo, zhuómó

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄇㄛ, ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄛˊ

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

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

Synonyms

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)

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