採礦

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 kong³

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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): /t͡sʰaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ kʰwɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi² kong³
    • Yale: chói kong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi² kong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi² kong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³⁵ kʰɔːŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰʌi^X  kˠwæŋ^X/

Rime
Character	採	礦
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	庚 (110)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	倉宰切	古猛切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰʌiX/	/kˠwæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰəiX/	/kʷᵚaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɒiX/	/kuaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰəjX/	/kwaɨjŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰᴀiX/	/kuɐŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɒiX/	/kwɐŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑ̆iX/	/kwɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cǎi	gǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coi2	gwang2

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 example)

Synonyms

• 挖礦／挖矿 (wākuàng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
採	礦
さい Grade: 5	こう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

採(さい)礦(こう) • (saikō)  (kyūjitai, shinjitai 採鉱)

1. mining