粵

採coi2礦kwong3

simp采矿
coi2 kwong3cǎi kuàng

English

  1. mining
  2. to mine for minerals
  3. (humorous) to pick one's nose

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 挖礦物;掘礦
  2. 撩鼻屎嘅戲稱

Examples

  • 採礦牌照

    mining license

  • 早期採礦嘅方法主要靠工人拎住工具將石頭從岩體分離,再逐一鑿碎。

    Quarrying in the early days mainly relied on workers to use tools by hand to break stones off the rock mass and then crush them one by one.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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