挖 wā
verb
to dig; to excavate; to scoop out
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '挖')
Contained in
- 挖掘机械(挖掘機械) excavator; bulldozer
- 挖开(挖開) to dig into; to cut a mine into
- 耳挖勺 earpick; curette
- 挖苦 to speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks
- 挖土机(挖土機) an excavator
- 开挖(開挖) to dig out; to excavate; to scoop out
- 挖空心思 to dig for thoughts; to search everything for an answer; to rack one's brains
- 挖洞 to dig a hole
- 挖浚 to dredge
- 挖穴 to excavate; to dig out a cave
- 挖掘 to excavate
- 深挖 to dredge
- 挖掘机(挖掘機) an excavator
- 挖矿(挖礦) to dig a mine; mining
- 挖空 to excavate; to hollow
- 挖鼻子 to pick one's nose
- 挖除 to dig out
- 耳挖子 earpick; curette
- 挖墙脚(挖牆腳) to undermine; to let someone down; to seduce someone away from something
- 疏挖 to dredge; to dig out (a channel)
- 耳挖 earpick; curette
- 挖掉 to dig out; to eradicate
- 数据挖掘(數據挖掘) data mining
- 挖肉补疮(挖肉補瘡) to cut one's flesh to cover a sore
- 挖角 to poach
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三百十五 列傳第二百〇三 雲南土司三 Volume 315 Biographies 203: Yunnan Tribal Headmen 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 7
- 第二回 Chapter 49 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 34 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 卷八十七 志第六十三 河渠五 Volume 87 Treatises 63: Rivers and Canals 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
- 第二十五回 Chapter 25 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 卷一百八十六 列傳第七十四 韓文 張敷華 楊守隨 許進 雍泰 陳壽 樊瑩 熊繡 潘蕃 胡富 張泰 張鼐 王璟 朱欽 Volume 186 Biographies 74: Han Wen, Zhang Fuhua, Yang Shousui, Xu Jin, Yong Tai, Chen Shou, Fan Ying, Xiong Xiu, Pan Fan, Hu Fu, Zhang Tai, Zhang Nai, Wang Jing, Zhu Qin History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
- 第一百十三回 Chapter 113 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
- 第三十九回 Chapter 39 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
- 第二十六回 Chapter 26 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第四十六回 Chapter 46 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
Collocations
- 挖法 (挖法) 以兵遏木邦宣慰使罕挖法於孟乃寨 — History of Ming 明史, 卷一百八十六 列傳第七十四 韓文 張敷華 楊守隨 許進 雍泰 陳壽 樊瑩 熊繡 潘蕃 胡富 張泰 張鼐 王璟 朱欽 Volume 186 Biographies 74: Han Wen, Zhang Fuhua, Yang Shousui, Xu Jin, Yong Tai, Chen Shou, Fan Ying, Xiong Xiu, Pan Fan, Hu Fu, Zhang Tai, Zhang Nai, Wang Jing, Zhu Qin — count: 8
- 罕挖 (罕挖) 以兵遏木邦宣慰使罕挖法於孟乃寨 — History of Ming 明史, 卷一百八十六 列傳第七十四 韓文 張敷華 楊守隨 許進 雍泰 陳壽 樊瑩 熊繡 潘蕃 胡富 張泰 張鼐 王璟 朱欽 Volume 186 Biographies 74: Han Wen, Zhang Fuhua, Yang Shousui, Xu Jin, Yong Tai, Chen Shou, Fan Ying, Xiong Xiu, Pan Fan, Hu Fu, Zhang Tai, Zhang Nai, Wang Jing, Zhu Qin — count: 8
- 挖云 (挖雲) 黛玉換上掐金挖雲紅香羊皮小靴 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 49 — count: 2
- 乱挖 (亂挖) 腰裡亂挖 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十五回 Chapter 25 — count: 2