採礦

See also: 採鉱 and 采矿

Chinese

		to pick; to pluck; to collect to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather	ore; mine
trad. (採礦)		採	礦
simp. (采矿)		采	矿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎikuàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi² kwong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎikuàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˇ ㄎㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎikuàng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai³-kʻuang⁴
    • Yale: tsǎi-kwàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaekuanq
    • Palladius: цайкуан (cajkuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi² kwong³
    • Yale: chói kwong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi² kwong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi² kuong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵ kʷʰɔːŋ³³/

Verb

採⫽礦 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (intransitive) to mine (to remove ore from the ground)

   採礦工程師／采矿工程师  ―  cǎikuàng gōngchéngshī  ―  mining engineer

   • 世祖時，其國人商販京師，自云能鑄石為五色瑠璃，於是採礦山中，於京師鑄之。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     世祖时，其国人商贩京师，自云能铸石为五色瑠璃，于是采矿山中，于京师铸之。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wei Shou, Book of Wei, 551 – 554 CE

     Shìzǔ shí, qí guó rén shāngfàn jīngshī, zì yún néng zhù shí wèi wǔsè liúlí, yúshì cǎikuàng shān zhōng, yú jīngshī zhù zhī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (Cantonese, figurative, humorous) to pick one's nose

Synonyms

• (to mine): 挖礦／挖矿 (wākuàng)
• (to pick one's nose): 挖鼻 (wābí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
採	礦
さい Grade: 5	こう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

採(さい)礦(こう) • (saikō) 

1. mining