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

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)

(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)
(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 Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

採(さい)礦(こう) • (saikō)

mining

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