挖 wā
verb
to dig; to excavate; to scoop out
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '挖')
Contained in
- 挖掉 to dig out; to eradicate
- 深挖 to dredge
- 疏挖 to dredge; to dig out (a channel)
- 挖空心思 to dig for thoughts; to search everything for an answer; to rack one's brains
- 挖土机(挖土機) an excavator
- 挖墙脚(挖牆腳) to undermine; to let someone down; to seduce someone away from something
- 耳挖勺 earpick; curette
- 挖除 to dig out
- 挖空 to excavate; to hollow
- 开挖(開挖) to dig out; to excavate; to scoop out
- 挖角 to poach
- 耳挖 earpick; curette
- 挖穴 to excavate; to dig out a cave
- 挖肉补疮(挖肉補瘡) to cut one's flesh to cover a sore
- 耳挖子 earpick; curette
- 挖鼻子 to pick one's nose
- 数据挖掘(數據挖掘) data mining
- 挖掘 to excavate
- 挖开(挖開) to dig into; to cut a mine into
- 挖洞 to dig a hole
- 挖矿(挖礦) to dig a mine; mining
- 挖掘机械(挖掘機械) excavator; bulldozer
- 挖苦 to speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks
- 挖浚 to dredge
- 挖掘机(挖掘機) an excavator
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
- 第三十八回 Chapter 38 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 48 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 卷二百二十七 列傳第一百十五 龐尚鵬 宋儀望 張岳 李材 陸樹德 蕭廩 賈三近 李頤 朱鴻謨 蕭彥 孫維城 謝杰 郭惟賢 萬象春 鍾化民 吳達可 Volume 227 Biographies 115: Pang Shangpeng, Song Yiwang, Zhang Yue, Li Cai, Lu Shude, Xiao Lin, Jia Sanjin, Li Yi, Zhu Hongmo, Xiao Yan, Sun Weicheng, Xie Jie, Guo Weixian, Wan Xiangchun, Zhong Huamin, Wu Dake History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
- 卷108之四 禮志四之四 Volume 108d Treatise 4: Rituals 4 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 1
- 第四十四回 Chapter 44 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
- 第二十六回 Chapter 26 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 34 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — 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
- 乱挖 (亂挖) 腰裡亂挖 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十五回 Chapter 25 — count: 2
- 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