挖掘

Chinese

		to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	dig
trad. (挖掘)		挖	掘
simp. #(挖掘)		挖	掘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wājué

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waat³ gwat⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oat-ku̍t / oa-ku̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wājué
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wajyué
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹-chüeh²
    • Yale: wā-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uajyue
    • Palladius: вацзюэ (vaczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waat³ gwat⁶
    • Yale: waat gwaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁸ gwat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wad³ gued⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚³ kʷɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oat-ku̍t
    • Tâi-lô: uat-ku̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oatkut
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uat̚⁵⁻²⁴ kut̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa-ku̍t
    • Tâi-lô: ua-ku̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oa'kut
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ua⁴⁴⁻²² kut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua⁴⁴⁻²² kut̚¹²¹/

Verb

挖掘

1. to excavate; to dig; to unearth
2. (figuratively) to unearth; to uncover; to find

   挖掘人才  ―  wājué réncái  ―  to unearth talent

Synonyms

• (to dig):

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• 刨
• 採／采 (cǎi)
• 採掘／采掘 (cǎijué)
• 發掘／发掘 (fājué)
• 開掘／开掘 (kāijué)
• 開採／开采 (kāicǎi)
• 開鑿／开凿 (kāizáo, “to dig (tunnels, river channels, etc.)”)

 

Derived terms

• 挖掘機／挖掘机 (wājuéjī)
• 數據挖掘／数据挖掘 (shùjù wājué)