掘 (gwat6) — dig; excavate in Cantonese
gwatˍ₆掘Mandarin Pinyin: jue2
Meaning of 掘
noundig; excavate
Example Sentences with 掘
攞掘頭掃把拍佢扯!
Drive him out with a broomstick!
diˉ¹啲nyunˎ₄鼴soˊ²鼠gwatˍ₆掘dou˗₃到laanˍ₆爛dei6.地。
The moles dug up the ground.
faat˗₃發gwatˍ₆掘matˍ₆物banˊ²品ge˗₃嘅miuˍ₆妙jung6.用。
Discovering the clever uses of items.
keoiˏ₅佢jungˍ₆用sapˍ₆十ziˍ₆字gaau˗₃鎬gwatˍ₆掘deiˍ₆地。
He dug the ground with a pickaxe.
faat˗₃發gwatˍ₆掘keoiˏ₅佢ge˗₃嘅cimˎ₄潛zatˉ¹質
Discover his/her potential.
Words Containing 掘
發掘faat3 gwat6
dig; disinter; exhume; explore; unearth; disentomb
採掘coi2 gwat6
excavate; dig out/up; mine; exploit; quarry
挖掘waat3 gwat6
excavation
自掘墳墓zi6 gwat6 fan4 mou6
to dig your own grave
掘頭巷gwat6 tau4 hong2
an impasse; a blind alley
眼掘掘ngaan5 gwat6 gwat6
the act of staring
掘草皮gwat6 cou2 pei4
to make momey from horse racing [colloquial]
硬掘掘ngaang6 gwak6 gwak6
very hard [colloquial]
挖掘機waat3 gwat6 gei1
excavator; navvy
掘頭路gwat6 tau4 lou6
a blind alley
以人手挖掘ji5 jan4 sau2 waat3 gwat6
dig by hand
臨渴掘井lam4 hot3 gwat6 zeng2
to not make timely preparations; to prepare for something only when there is already need for it; (lit.) to dig a well when you're already thirsty
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