| 1 | 挖 | 挖 | wā | wa1 | to dig; to excavate; to scoop out | | |
| 2 | 挖掘 | 挖掘 | wā jué | wa1 jue2 | to poach (talent, personnel from competitors); to raid (a competitor for its talent); Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3]; to excavate; to dig; to unearth | | |
| 3 | 挖穴 | 挖穴 | wā xué | wa1 xue2 | to excavate; to dig out a cave | | |
| 4 | 吃水不忘挖井人 | 吃水不忘挖井人 | chī shuǐ bù wàng wā jǐng rén | chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 wa1 jing3 ren2 | see 吃水不忘掘井人 | | |
| 5 | 挖土机 | 挖土機 | wā tǔ jī | wa1 tu3 ji1 | excavator; backhoe | | |
| 6 | 挖肉补疮 | 挖肉補瘡 | wā ròu bǔ chuāng | wa1 rou4 bu3 chuang1 | to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient | | |
| 7 | 挖墙脚 | 挖牆腳 | wā qiáng jiǎo | wa1 qiang2 jiao3 | to undermine; to let someone down; to seduce someone away from something | | |
| 8 | 挖矿 | 挖礦 | wā kuàng | wa1 kuang4 | to dig a mine; mining | | |
| 9 | 挖苦 | 挖苦 | wā kǔ | wa1 ku3 | to speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks | | |
| 10 | 挖空心思 | 挖空心思 | wā kōng xīn si | wa1 kong1 xin1 si5 | to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer; to rack one's brains | | |
| 11 | 挖空 | 挖空 | wā kōng | wa1 kong1 | to excavate; to hollow | | |
| 12 | 挖开 | 挖開 | wā kāi | wa1 kai1 | to dig into; to cut a mine into | | |
| 13 | 挖浚 | 挖浚 | wā jùn | wa1 jun4 | to dredge | | |
| 14 | 挖掘机械 | 挖掘機械 | wā jué jī xiè | wa1 jue2 ji1 xie4 | excavator; bulldozer | | |
| 15 | 挖掘机 | 挖掘機 | wā jué jī | wa1 jue2 ji1 | excavator | | |
| 16 | 挖洞 | 挖洞 | wā dòng | wa1 dong4 | to dig a hole | | |
| 17 | 挖掉 | 挖掉 | wā diào | wa1 diao4 | to dig out; to eradicate | | |
| 18 | 挖鼻子 | 挖鼻子 | wā bí zi | wa1 bi2 zi5 | to pick one's nose | | |
| 19 | 数据挖掘 | 數據挖掘 | shù jù wā jué | shu4 ju4 wa1 jue2 | data mining | | |
| 20 | 疏挖 | 疏挖 | shū wā | shu1 wa1 | to dredge; to dig out (a channel) | | |
| 21 | 深挖 | 深挖 | shēn wā | shen1 wa1 | to dredge | | |
| 22 | 开挖 | 開挖 | kāi wā | kai1 wa1 | to dig out; to excavate; to scoop out | | |
| 23 | 耳挖子 | 耳挖子 | ěr wā zi | er3 wa1 zi5 | earpick; curette | | |
| 24 | 耳挖勺 | 耳挖勺 | ěr wā sháo | er3 wa1 shao2 | (dialect) earpick; curette | | |
| 25 | 耳挖 | 耳挖 | ěr wā | er3 wa1 | earpick; curette | | |