Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- zuó
- zhuó
English
- polish jade
- to cut (gems)
- used in 琢磨[zuo2 mo5]
- cut jade
- Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]
- to polish jade
粵語
- 打磨璞玉，將佢變得具觀賞價值嘅工序
As a component in
Words containing 琢
- 琢磨doek3 mo4
to carve and polish (jade)
- 雕琢diu1 doek3
to sculpt
- 切磋琢磨cit3 co1 doek3 mo4
lit. cutting and polishing (idiom)
- 精雕細琢zing1 diu1 sai3 doek3
see 精雕細刻|精雕细刻[jing1 diao1 xi4 ke4]
- 玉不琢juk6 bat1 doek3
- 玉不琢不成器juk6 bat1 doek3 bat1 sing4 hei3
a piece of jade without chiselling will not become a useful vessel; similarly, a person must go through learning and hardship to succeed