挖 (waat3 waa1 | wa1) : dig

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挖

waat3 waa1

wa1

[1] dig; excavate; scoop; unearth
[2] discover; dig out; ferret out
[3] [粵] scratch with fingernails

Jyutping "waa1" is a variant pronunciation.

Default PoS:

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

挖

This word has been viewed 5902 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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挖掘 waat3 gwat6 wa1 jue2 = excavation

耳挖 ji5 waat3*2 = curette, earpick

挖角 waat3 gok3 = to recruit talents from other corporations or businesses

以人手挖掘 ji5 jan4 sau2 waat3 gwat6 = dig by hand

耳挖子 ji5 waat3*2 zi2 er3 wa1 zi5 = earpick

挖掘機 waat3 gwat6 gei1 wa1 jue2 ji1 = excavator; navvy

高薪挖角 gou1 san1 waat3 gok3 = pay a high salary to attract talents from other companies

挖苦 waa1 fu2 wa1 ku5 = speak sarcastically or ironically (lit., "scoop out bitterness")

翻挖 faan1 waat3 = to scarify; scarified

挖動器 waat3 dung6 hei3 wa1 dong4 qi4 = a dibble
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Showing 1 example containing 挖

個男仔挖起棵樹樁粵
The boy digs up a tree stump.
[Lit. [counter] man-child dig up [counter] tree-stump]

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Decimal representation of this word: 挖
Unicode code for this character: U+6316 (off-site link)

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