"挖" Chinese-English Dictionary
Le caractère 挖
挖
- Radical
- 手 (4 traits)
- Number of strokes
- 9
- Structure
- gauche et droite
- Cangjie
- QJCN 手十金弓
- Sijiao
- 5301.7
- Wubi
- RPWN
- GB 2312
- CDDA
- Big5
- ABF5
- Unicode
- U+6316
Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 挖 | to dig / to excavate / to scoop out | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 挖掘 | to excavate / (lit and fig.) to unearth / to dig into | syn | |
| 挖苦 | to speak sarcastically / to make cutting remarks / also pr. [wa1 ku5] | syn | |
| 挖矿 挖礦 | to mine ore or minerals / (computing) to mine cryptocurrency | ||
| 挖坑 | to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project | ||
| 挖角 | to poach (talent, personnel from competitors) / to raid (a competitor for its talent) / Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3] | ||
| 挖开 挖開 | to dig into / to cut a mine into | ||
| 挖空 | to excavate / to hollow | ||
| 挖洞 | to dig a hole | ||
| 挖掉 | to dig out / to eradicate | ||
| 挖坟 挖墳 | to dig a grave / (lit.) to dig up a grave / (fig.) (slang) to dig up an old thread (in an online forum etc) | ||
| 挖机 挖機 | excavator / excavating machine | ||
| 挖浚 | to dredge | ||
| 挖穴 | to excavate / to dig out a cave | ||
| 挖掘机 挖掘機 | excavator | syn | |
| 挖土机 挖土機 | excavator / backhoe | ||
| 挖墙脚 挖牆腳 | to undermine / to let someone down / to seduce someone away from something | syn | |
| 挖鼻子 | to pick one's nose | ||
| 挖穴器 | dibber | ||
| 挖空心思 | to dig for thoughts (idiom) / to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains | syn | |
| 挖肉补疮 挖肉補瘡 | to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom) / faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient | syn | |
| 挖壕工具 | intrenching tool | ||
| 挖掘机械 挖掘機械 | excavator / bulldozer |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 开挖 開挖 | to dig out / to excavate / to scoop out / to start digging | syn | |
| 深挖 | to dredge | ||
| 耳挖 | earpick / curette | ||
| 疏挖 | to dredge / to dig out (a channel) | ||
| 耳挖勺 | (dialect) earpick / curette | ||
| 耳挖子 | earpick / curette | ||
| 数据挖掘 數據挖掘 | data mining |