| zuān | to drill/to bore/to get into/to make one's way into/to enter (a hole)/to thread one's way through/to study intensively/to dig into/to curry favor for personal gain |
| zuàn | an auger/diamond |
| 钻 | to drill to bore to get into |
| 钻井 | to drill (e.g. for oil) a borehole |
| 钻井台 | a drilling platform |
| 钻井工人 | driller |
| 钻井平台 | (oil) drilling platform |
| 钻井泥浆 | drilling mud; drilling fluid |
| 钻井船 | drilling ship |
| 钻井记录 | drill log; driller's log; boring log; drilling record |
| 钻井速度 | a drilling rate |
| 钻井队 | drilling crew |
| 钻具 | drilling tool; boring tool; drilling tools |
| 钻劲 | to study enthusiastically |
| 钻劲儿 | erhua variant of 鑽勁|钻劲, to study enthusiastically |
| 钻卡 | drill chuck |
| 钻压 | pressure on a drill bit |
| 钻台 | drill floor; derrick floor; drill block; drilling platform; drill stand |
| 钻圈 | jumping through hoops (as acrobatic show) |
| 钻坚仰高 | delving firmly, eyes raised (idiom); from Analects: Confucius' disciple 顏淵|颜渊 |
| 钻塔 | drill tower; boring tower; rig; boring rig; drilling derrick; boring frame; derrick; headgear |
| 钻天入地 | to search for an opening for oneself by all possible means |