挖掘機

See also: 挖掘机

Chinese

		to excavate; to dig; to unearth to excavate; to dig; to unearth; to unearth; to uncover; to find	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (挖掘機)		挖掘	機
simp. (挖掘机)		挖掘	机

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wājuéjī

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄚㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waat³ gwat⁶ gei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wājuéjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wajyuéji
  - Wade–Giles: wa¹-chüeh²-chi¹
  - Yale: wā-jywé-jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uajyueji
  - Palladius: вацзюэцзи (vaczjueczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waat³ gwat⁶ gei¹
  - Yale: waat gwaht gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁸ gwat⁹ gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wad³ gued⁶ géi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚³ kʷɐt̚² kei̯⁵⁵/

Noun

挖掘機

excavator (vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches, etc.) (Classifier: 輛／辆; 臺／台)

Synonyms

掘土機／掘土机 (juétǔjī)
挖土機／挖土机 (wātǔjī)
鏟土機／铲土机 (chǎntǔjī)
推土機／推土机 (tuītǔjī)
怪手 (guàishǒu)
(Hokkien) 拓塗機／拓涂机