# 挖掘 (wājué)

In Mandarin Chinese, 挖掘 (wājué) means “to dig up; to excavate”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to dig up; to excavate
- Pinyin: wājué (wa1 jue2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 考古学家在这里挖掘出许多古代文物。
  Kǎogǔxuéjiā zài zhèlǐ wājué chū xǔduō gǔdài wénwù.
  Archaeologists excavated many ancient relics here.

## Characters

- [挖](https://hanziro.com/word/wa-dig/) (wā): to dig; to scoop out
- 掘 (jué): to dig

https://hanziro.com/word/wa-jue-dig-up/

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