kēng

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Definitions

  1. 1. pit; depression; hollow
  2. 2. tunnel; hole in the ground
  3. 3. (archaic) to bury alive
  4. 4. to hoodwink; to cheat (sb)

Words Containing 坑

一个萝卜一个坑
yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng

lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)

俑坑
yǒng kēng

pit with funerary figures

凹坑
āo kēng

concave depression

占着茅坑不拉屎
zhàn zhe máo kēng bù lā shǐ

lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)

古坑
gǔ kēng

Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan

古坑乡
gǔ kēng xiāng

Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan

坑井
kēng jǐng

(mine) galleries and pits

坑人
kēng rén

to cheat sb

坑口
kēng kǒu

Hang Hau (area in Hong Kong)

坑坎
kēng kǎn

uneven (road)

坑坑洼洼
kēng keng wā wā

bumpy

坑害
kēng hài

to trap

坑木
kēng mù

pit prop

坑杀
kēng shā

to bury alive

坑洞
kēng dòng

hole

坑爹
kēng diē

(Internet slang) dishonest

坑洼
kēng wā

pothole

坑蒙
kēng mēng

to swindle

坑蒙拐骗
kēng mēng guǎi piàn

to swindle

坑道
kēng dào

mine shaft

坑骗
kēng piàn

to cheat

基坑
jī kēng

foundation groove

墓坑
mù kēng

tomb pit

墓坑夯土层
mù kēng hāng tǔ céng

layer filled with rammed earth in a tomb pit (archeology)

大坑
dà kēng

Tai Hang District, Hong Kong

天坑
tiān kēng

sinkhole

弹坑
dàn kēng

bomb crater

挖坑
wā kēng

to dig a hole

撞击坑
zhuàng jī kēng

impact crater

散兵坑
sǎn bīng kēng

foxhole (military)

月坑
yuè kēng

lunar crater

水坑
shuǐ kēng

puddle

污水坑
wū shuǐ kēng

cesspit

沙坑
shā kēng

sandbox

沙坑杆
shā kēng gān

sand wedge (golf)

泥坑
ní kēng

mud pit

深坑
shēn kēng

Shenkeng township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan

深坑乡
shēn kēng xiāng

Shenkeng township in New Taipei City 新北市[xīn běi shì], Taiwan

渗坑
shèn kēng

sewage pit

满坑满谷
mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ

(idiom) all over the place

火坑
huǒ kēng

pit of fire

焚书坑儒
fén shū kēng rú

to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[qín shǐ huáng])

无底坑
wú dǐ kēng

the bottomless pit (Hell in the Bible)

矿坑
kuàng kēng

mine

粪坑
fèn kēng

latrine pit

茅坑
máo kēng

latrine pit

茅坑里点灯
máo kēng lǐ diǎn dēng

(slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死[zhǎo sǐ] via its near homophone 照屎[zhào shǐ])

跳出火坑
tiào chū huǒ kēng

lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell

跳出釜底进火坑
tiào chū fǔ dǐ jìn huǒ kēng

out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)

蹲坑
dūn kēng

Turkish toilet

避坑落井
bì kēng luò jǐng

to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom)

避弹坑
bì dàn kēng

foxhole

陷坑
xiàn kēng

pitfall

陨坑
yǔn kēng

meteorite crater

陨石坑
yǔn shí kēng

meteorite impact crater