"掘" Chinese-English Dictionary
Le caractère 掘
掘
- Radical
- 手 (4 traits)
- Number of strokes
- 11
- Structure
- gauche et droite
- Cangjie
- QSUU 手尸山山
- Sijiao
- 5707.2
- Wubi
- RNBM
- GB 2312
- BEF2
- Big5
- B1B8
- Unicode
- U+6398
Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 掘出 | to exhume / to unearth / to dig out | ||
| 掘客 | Digg (social news website) | ||
| 掘井人 | well digger | ||
| 掘土机 掘土機 | excavator | syn | |
| 掘墓鞭尸 掘墓鞭屍 | to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom) | ||
| 掘墓工人 | grave digger |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 挖掘 | to excavate / (lit and fig.) to unearth / to dig into | syn | |
| 发掘 發掘 | to excavate / to explore / (fig.) to unearth / to tap into | syn | |
| 采掘 採掘 | to excavate / to extract (ore) | syn | |
| 开掘 開掘 | to dig / to excavate / (fig.) to explore (archival materials) and unearth findings | syn | |
| 罗掘 羅掘 | to scrape together money (abbr. for 羅雀掘鼠|罗雀掘鼠[luo2que4-jue2shu3]) | ||
| 挖掘机 挖掘機 | excavator | syn | |
| 采掘业 | extractive industries | ||
| 数据挖掘 數據挖掘 | data mining | ||
| 自掘坟墓 自掘墳墓 | to dig one's own grave | syn | |
| 罗雀掘鼠 羅雀掘鼠 | lit. to net birds and dig for rats (idiom) / fig. hard pressed for cash / on the verge of bankruptcy | ||
| 临渴掘井 臨渴掘井 | lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty / to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute (idiom) | syn | |
| 罗雀掘鼠 羅雀掘鼠 | lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation) | ||
| 挖掘机械 挖掘機械 | excavator / bulldozer |