挖鼻

Chinese

		to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	nose
trad. (挖鼻)		挖	鼻
simp. #(挖鼻)		挖	鼻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wābí

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ ㄅㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wābí
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄅㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wabí
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹-pi²
    • Yale: wā-bí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uabyi
    • Palladius: ваби (vabi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ pi³⁵/

Verb

挖鼻

1. to pick one's nose

Synonyms

• 摳鼻子／抠鼻子 (kōu bízi)
• 挖鼻子 (wābízi)
• (Cantonese) 撩鼻屎; (humorous) 採礦／采矿 (coi² kwong³)

Derived terms

• 強制性挖鼻綜合症／强制性挖鼻综合症