掘 (gwat6 | jue2) : dig; excavate

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掘

gwat6

jue2

dig; excavate

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 扌 (#64)

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

掘

This word has been viewed 5125 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Oct 2010 14:33

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挖掘 waat3 gwat6 wa1 jue2 = excavation

發掘 faat3 gwat6 = dig; disinter; exhume; explore; unearth; disentomb

眼掘掘 ngaan5 gwat6 gwat6 = the act of staring

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

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

掘頭路 gwat6 tau4 lou6 = a blind alley

掘頭巷 gwat6 tau4 hong6*2 = an impasse; a blind alley

臨渴掘井 lam4 hot3 gwat6 zeng2 lin2 ke3 jue2 jing3 = to begin preparing for something only when there is already need for it

採掘 coi2 gwat6 cai3 jue2 = excavate; dig out

自掘墳墓 zi6 gwat6 fan4 mou6 zi4 jue2 fen2 mu4 = to dig your own grave

Showing 1 example containing 掘

攞掘頭掃把拍佢扯! 粵
Drive him out with a broomstick!

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Decimal representation of this word: 掘
Unicode code for this character: U+6398 (off-site link)

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