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挖掘 wājué

挖掘 wājué Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 挖掘 wājué .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wājué | wa1 jue2
English translation
to excavate
to dig
to unearth

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Traditional form

挖掘 wājué

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 挖掘 wājué

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

扌穵

Number of Strokes

9
jué

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

shǒu

Positional decomposition

扌屈

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 挖掘 wājué

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gěi de le 好几 hǎo jǐ dòng excavation zhǐ 挖掘 wājué 的洞”,:

The dentist filled several cavities in my teeth.

shì 田野 tiányě gōu pàn 挖掘 wājué 猪食 de 草料 cǎo liào .

She went to the fields and channels for digging the fodders for pigs.

北部 běi bù yòu 挖掘出 le gēng duō de 人体 rén tǐ 遗骸 yí hái

More human remains have been unearthed in the north.

他们 tā men 试着 shì zhe zài 洞穴 dòng xué 正下方 de 一块 yī kuài 地上 dì shang 挖掘 wājué

They tried digging in a patch just below the cave.

这些 zhè xiē 工人 gōngrén zài 操作 cāozuò 隧道 suìdào 挖掘机 wā jué jī shí bèi 大量 dà liàng de 落石 luò shí 困住 le

A massive rock fall trapped the men as they operated a tunnelling machine.

挖掘 wājué Decomposition

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挖掘 wājué Compounds

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