粵

挖waat3掘gwat6

waat3 gwat6wā jué

English

  1. to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into
  2. to excavate; to dig; to unearth
  3. to unravel

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 破壞物體嘅表面,發現隱藏喺裏面嘅物件
  2. 尋求一啲事物嘅隱藏價值或者規律

Examples

  • 呢條路好容易挖掘,因為地面好鬆軟。

    Tatoeba · LeeSooHa CC BY

  • 喺呢啲國家建立足跡,可以促進進入更廣泛嘅南美市場,令香港企業可以挖掘新嘅消費者基礎,同埋多元化佢哋嘅市場存在。

    Tatoeba · Davidgo5867 CC BY

  • 挖掘真相。

    Unravel the truth.

  • 佢成日妄想會喺地下挖掘到寶藏。

    He always has the delusion that he could excavate treasures underground. ----

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

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