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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挑* | 挑* | *挑
to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *挖* | 挖* | *挖
to dig / to excavate / to scoop out
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钻* | 钻* | *钻
to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *抠* | 抠* | *抠
to dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve; to cut / to study meticulously / stingy; miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拱* | 拱* | *拱
to cup one's hands in salute / to surround / to arch / to dig earth with the snout / arched
HSK 7-9
to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into
HSK 7-9
to dig up / to appear in an excavation / unearthed / to come up out of the ground
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *凿* | 凿* | *凿
(bound form) chisel / to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig / (literary) certain; authentic; irrefutable / also pr. [zuo4]
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *扒* | 扒* | *扒
to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig
HSK 7-9
to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating)
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刨* | 刨* | *刨
to dig / to excavate / (coll.) to exclude / not to count / to deduct / to subtract
HSK 7-9
to dig out; to excavate; to scoop out / to start digging
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掘* | 掘* | *掘
to dig
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *锄* | 锄* | *锄
a hoe / to hoe or dig / to weed / to get rid of
to prospect; to dig for coal or minerals
to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
to dig a hole
to dig a well
to open a river / to dig a canal / to thaw (of river)
to dig a well
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搰* | 搰* | *搰
to dig / to mix
to get into / to dig into (studies, job etc) / to squeeze into
to dig one's own grave
to court disaster (idiom) / to dig one's own grave
to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains
lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty / to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute (idiom)
to dig; to excavate / (fig.) to explore (archival materials) and unearth findings
lit. to dig up the root / to get to the heart of (the matter)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坋* | 坋* | *坋
dust / to dust / a bank of earth / to bring together / to dig / also pr. [fen4]
to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project
lit. face thirst and dig a well (idiom); fig. not to make adequate provision / to act when it is too late
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *穵* | 穵* | *穵
to dig / to scoop out
to dig a grave / (lit.) to dig up a grave; (fig.) (slang) to dig up an old thread (in an online forum etc)
to dig into / to cut a mine into
to excavate / to dig out a cave
to dig out / to eradicate
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圣* | 圣* | *圣
to dig
to pay out of one's own pocket / to dig into one's pocket
lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)
(idiom) to be excited to dig into the delicious food
to exhume / to unearth / to dig out
(of a horse, dog etc) to sit back on one's haunches and refuse to be coaxed forward / (of a person) to brace oneself to resist being made to go forward; (fig.) to dig one's heels in
to punch a hole / to drill a hole / to dig a hole / to burrow
to dredge / to dig out (a channel)
to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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