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): ㄨㄚㄐㄩㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waat³ gwat⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oat-ku̍t / oa-ku̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wājué
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚㄐㄩㄝˊ
  - 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

to excavate; to dig; to unearth
(figuratively) to unearth; to uncover; to find
挖掘人才 ― wājué réncái ― to unearth talent

Synonyms

(to dig):

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)

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