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kǎn

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Definitions

  1. 1. pit
  2. 2. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing water
  3. 3.

Words Containing 坎

土坎
tǔ kǎn

earthen levee

坎贝尔
kǎn bèi ěr

Campbell (name)

坎大哈
kǎn dà hā

Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan)

坎昆
kǎn kūn

Cancún

坎塔布连
kǎn tǎ bù lián

Cantabria in north Spain

赤坎
chì kǎn

Chikan District of Zhanjiang City 湛江市[zhàn jiāng shì], Guangdong

心坎
xīn kǎn

bottom of one's heart

阿尔坎塔拉
ā ěr kǎn tǎ lā

Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain

阿利坎特
ā lì kǎn tè

Alicante

坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠
kǎn bèi ěr zhū rú cāng shǔ

Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)

命途坎坷
mìng tú kǎn kě

to have a tough life

坎子
kǎn zi

raised ground

坎坷不平
kǎn kě bù píng

potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes

坎塔布连山脉
kǎn tǎ bù lián shān mài

Cantabrian mountain range in north Spain dividing Asturias from Castilla-Leon

坎特伯雷
kǎn tè bó léi

Canterbury

坎坷多舛
kǎn kě duō chuǎn

full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)

坎大哈省
kǎn dà hā shěng

Kandahar province of Afghanistan

坎坷
kǎn kě

bumpy (of a road)

坎帕拉
kǎn pà lā

Kampala, capital of Uganda

坑坎
kēng kǎn

uneven (road)

坎𡒄
kǎn lǎn

to meet with misfortune

尤坎
yóu kǎn

Rjukan (city in Norway)

坎肩
kǎn jiān

sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)

坎塔布里亚
kǎn tǎ bù lǐ yà

Cantabria, Spanish autonomous region, capital Santander 桑坦德[sāng tǎn dé]

赤坎区
chì kǎn qū

Chikan District of Zhanjiang City 湛江市[zhàn jiāng shì], Guangdong

坎坎
kǎn kǎn

(dialect) just now

坎特伯雷故事集
kǎn tè bó léi gù shì jí

The Canterbury Tales, collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer 喬叟|乔叟[qiáo sǒu]

坎塔布连海
kǎn tǎ bù lián hǎi

Bay of Biscay (Spanish: Mare Cantabrico)

坎德拉
kǎn dé lā

candela (unit of luminosity)