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坑 kēng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kēng | keng1
English translation
hole
pit
tunnel
to defraud
variant of 坑 kēng [kēng]
pit, hole; to trap, to bury; to harry

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About 坑 kēng

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HSK level

6

Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

坑 kēng

Contains the radical

土 Tǔ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of 坑 kēng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰土亢

Semantic compound

土 Tǔ

Phonetic compound

亢 kàng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 土 Tǔ represents the meaning and 亢 kàng represents the sound. Simplified form of 阬.

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Example sentences using 坑 kēng

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狗 gǒu 舔 tiǎn 水 Shuǐ 坑 kēng 中 Zhōng 的 de 水 Shuǐ 喝 hē .

The dog licked up water in a puddle.

你 nǐ 可 kě 把 bǎ 我 wǒ 坑 kēng 苦 kǔ 了 le .

You have got me into a fix.

接着 jiēzhe ,它 tā 又 yòu 用 yòng 后 Hòu 爪 zhǎo 扒 bā 散 sàn 了 le 沙子 shā zi ,然后 ránhòu 用 yòng 前 qián 爪 zhǎo 刨坑,泥沙 ní shā 四溅 sì jiàn .

His hindpaws then scattered sand: then his forepaws dabbled and delved.

为 wéi 什 shén 麽 me 有些 yǒu xiē 儿童 értóng 爱 ài 在 zài 水坑 shuǐ kēng 里 lǐ 泼水 pō shuǐ 玩 wán ?

Why do some children like slopping around in puddles?

那些 nà xiē 孩子 háizi 挖 wā 了 le 个 gè 坑 kēng 准备 zhǔnbèi 栽 zāi 树 shù .

The boys scraped out a hollow place for planting trees.

Words with 坑 kēng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
坑 kēng hole坑 kēng
水坑 shuǐ kēng puddle水坑 shuǐ kēng
火坑 huǒ kēng pit of fire火坑 huǒ kēng
沙坑 shā kēng sandbox沙坑 shā kēng
矿坑 kuàng kēng mine礦坑
坑道 kēng dào mine shaft坑道 kēng dào
茅坑 máo kēng latrine pit茅坑 máo kēng
弹坑 dàn kēng bomb crater彈坑
基坑 jī kēng foundation groove基坑 jī kēng
陨石坑 yǔn shí kēng meteorite impact crater隕石坑
坑坑洼洼 kēng keng wā wā bumpy坑坑窪窪
泥坑 ní kēng mud pit泥坑 ní kēng
坑人 kēng rén to cheat sb坑人 kēng rén
坑洼 kēng wā pothole坑窪
坑害 kēng hài to trap坑害 kēng hài
坑洞 kēng dòng hole坑洞 kēng dòng
坑口 Kēng kǒu Hang Hau (area in Hong Kong)坑口 Kēng kǒu
坑蒙拐骗 kēng mēng guǎi piàn to swindle坑蒙拐騙
凹坑 aō kēng crater凹坑 aō kēng
坑木 kēng mù pit prop坑木 kēng mù
满坑满谷 mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ (idiom) all over the place滿坑滿谷
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 [Qín​Shǐ​huáng])焚書坑儒
俑坑 yǒng kēng pit with funerary figures俑坑 yǒng kēng

坑 kēng Decomposition & Compounds

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坑 kēng Decomposition

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