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kēng
HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7

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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

月坑
yuè kēng

lunar crater

俑坑
yǒng kēng

pit with funerary figures

古坑乡
gǔ kēng xiāng

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

陨石坑
yǔn shí kēng

meteorite impact crater

陷坑
xiàn kēng

pitfall

满坑满谷
mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ

(idiom) all over the place

跳出釜底进火坑
tiào chū fǔ dǐ jìn huǒ kēng

out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)

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])

沙坑
shā kēng

sandbox

坑人
kēng rén

to cheat sb

避坑落井
bì kēng luò jǐng

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

火坑
huǒ kēng

pit of fire

坑口
kēng kǒu

Hang Hau (area in Hong Kong)

茅坑
máo kēng

latrine pit

坑骗
kēng piàn

to cheat

凹坑
āo kēng

concave depression

坑爹
kēng diē

(Internet slang) dishonest

弹坑
dàn kēng

bomb crater

坑蒙拐骗
kēng mēng guǎi piàn

to swindle

坑洼
kēng wā

pothole

无底坑
wú dǐ kēng

the bottomless pit (Hell in the Bible)

撞击坑
zhuàng jī kēng

impact crater

坑蒙
kēng mēng

to swindle

坑洞
kēng dòng

hole

蹲坑
dūn kēng

Turkish toilet

占着茅坑不拉屎
zhàn zhe máo kēng bù lā shǐ

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

一个萝卜一个坑
yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng

lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)

矿坑
kuàng kēng

mine

水坑
shuǐ kēng

puddle

坑井
kēng jǐng

(mine) galleries and pits

粪坑
fèn kēng

latrine pit

墓坑
mù kēng

tomb pit

坑杀
kēng shā

to bury alive

挖坑
wā kēng

to dig a hole

天坑
tiān kēng

sinkhole

古坑
gǔ kēng

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

跳出火坑
tiào chū huǒ kēng

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

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])

深坑乡
shēn kēng xiāng

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

基坑
jī kēng

foundation groove

坑坑洼洼
kēng keng wā wā

bumpy

避弹坑
bì dàn kēng

foxhole

污水坑
wū shuǐ kēng

cesspit

陨坑
yǔn kēng

meteorite crater

深坑
shēn kēng

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

墓坑夯土层
mù kēng hāng tǔ céng

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

坑坎
kēng kǎn

uneven (road)

坑道
kēng dào

mine shaft

渗坑
shèn kēng

sewage pit

泥坑
ní kēng

mud pit

坑害
kēng hài

to trap

沙坑杆
shā kēng gān

sand wedge (golf)

散兵坑
sǎn bīng kēng

foxhole (military)

大坑
dà kēng

Tai Hang District, Hong Kong

坑木
kēng mù

pit prop