ขุดเหมือง(kùt mĕuung)
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] dig/excavate a mine
To dig or excavate the ground to create or expand a mine.
Examples
คนงานkon ngaanคนงานkon ngaanworker; laborerกำลังgam-langกำลังgam-lang1power; strength2power; force (physics)3troops; forces4currently; in the middle ofขุดเหมืองkùt mĕuungขุดเหมืองkùt mĕuung1[to] dig/excavate a mine2[to] mine; extract mineralsแห่งhàengแห่งhàeng1of; belonging to (formal)2place; location (formal)3classifier: places/institutionsใหม่màiใหม่mài1new; not old2new; different; fresh3again; anew4new; inexperienced (novice)บนbonบนbon1on; upon2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)ภูเขาpoo kăoภูเขาpoo kăo1mountain2range; mountain rangeลูกlôokลูกlôok1child; son; daughter2offspring (of animals); young3ball; spherical object4seed; kernel (round unit)5classifier: round/small items6customer; client (colloquial)นั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)
The workers are digging a new mine on that mountain.
2VerbB1
[to] mine; extract minerals
To carry out mining operations to extract minerals or ores from the ground.
Examples
คนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)หมู่บ้านmòo bâanหมู่บ้านmòo bâan1village; hamlet2housing estate; gated communityนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ส่วนใหญ่sùuan yàiส่วนใหญ่sùuan yài1the majority; most2most (of); the majority of3mostly; mainly; largelyทำงานtam ngaanทำงานtam ngaan1[to] work; do one's job; be on duty2[to] function; operateขุดเหมืองkùt mĕuungขุดเหมืองkùt mĕuung1[to] dig/excavate a mine2[to] mine; extract mineralsพลอยployพลอยploy1gem; gemstone2also; as a result3Ploy (female given name)
Most people in this village work in gem mining.
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ขุดเหมืองkùt mĕuungขุดเหมืองkùt mĕuung[to] dig/excavate a mine