Usage of the character 坑
kēng
坑
[坑]
- pit; depression; hollow
- tunnel; hole in the ground
- (archaic) to bury alive
- to hoodwink; to cheat (sb)
kēng
坑
[阬]
- variant of 坑 (kēng)
níkēng
泥坑
[泥坑]
- mud pit
- mire
- morass
wākēng
挖坑
[挖坑]
- to dig a hole
- (fig.) to make things difficult for sb
- (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project
kēngdòng
坑洞
[坑洞]
- hole
- pit
- pothole
yǔnkēng
陨坑
[隕坑]
- meteorite crater
fènkēng
粪坑
[糞坑]
- latrine pit
- cesspit
kēngwā
坑洼
[坑窪]
- hole; hollow; depression
- low-lying
máokēng
茅坑
[茅坑]
- latrine pit
- latrine
Gǔkēng
古坑
[古坑]
- Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣／云林县 ( Yúnlínxiàn), Taiwan
dànkēng
弹坑
[彈坑]
- bomb crater
kēngrén
坑人
[坑人]
- to cheat sb
huǒkēng
火坑
[火坑]
- pit of fire
- fig. living hell
yuèkēng
月坑
[月坑]
- lunar crater
kēngmēng
坑蒙
[坑蒙]
- to swindle
shākēng
沙坑
[沙坑]
- sandbox
- jumping pit (athletics)
- sand trap, bunker (golf)
Kēngkǒu
坑口
[坑口]
- Hang Hau (area in Hong Kong)
yǒngkēng
俑坑
[俑坑]
- pit with funerary figures
- pit containing terracotta warriors
kēngdiē
坑爹
[坑爹]
- to get one's father involved in a difficult situation
- (vulgar) (of sth that makes one feel misled or let down etc) to be a big disappointment
shuǐkēng
水坑
[水坑]
- puddle
- water hole
- sump
kēngpiàn
坑骗
[坑騙]
- to cheat
- to swindle
xiànkēng
陷坑
[陷坑]
- pitfall
- pit as animal trap
kēngkǎn
坑坎
[坑坎]
- uneven (road)
- depression (in terrain)
kēngshā
坑杀
[坑殺]
- to bury alive
- to ensnare
máokēng
毛坑
[毛坑]
- variant of 茅坑 (máokēng)
kēngdào
坑道
[坑道]
- mine shaft
- gallery
- tunnel
shènkēng
渗坑
[滲坑]
- sewage pit
kēngmù
坑木
[坑木]
- pit prop
dūnkēng
蹲坑
[蹲坑]
- Turkish toilet
- squat toilet
- to vacate one's bowels
kēngjǐng
坑井
[坑井]
- (mine) galleries and pits
kuàngkēng
矿坑
[礦坑]
- mine
- mine shaft
jīkēng
基坑
[基坑]
- foundation groove
- trench for building foundation
Dàkēng
大坑
[大坑]
- Tai Hang District, Hong Kong
- Dakeng, the name of several places in Taiwan, notably a scenic hilly area of Taichung 台中 ( Táizhōng)
tiānkēng
天坑
[天坑]
- sinkhole
Shēnkēng
深坑
[深坑]
- Shenkeng township in New Taipei City 新北市 ( Xīnběishì), Taiwan
kēnghài
坑害
[坑害]
- to trap
- to frame
mùkēng
墓坑
[墓坑]
- tomb pit
āokēng
凹坑
[凹坑]
- concave depression
- crater
bìdànkēng
避弹坑
[避彈坑]
- foxhole
Gǔkēngxiāng
古坑乡
[古坑鄉]
- Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣／云林县 ( Yúnlínxiàn), Taiwan
Shēnkēngxiāng
深坑乡
[深坑鄉]
- Shenkeng township in New Taipei City 新北市 ( Xīnběishì), Taiwan
wūshuǐkēng
污水坑
[污水坑]
- cesspit
wúdǐkēng
无底坑
[無底坑]
- the bottomless pit (Hell in the Bible)
- pitless (elevator)
shākēnggān
沙坑杆
[沙坑桿]
- sand wedge (golf)
sǎnbīngkēng
散兵坑
[散兵坑]
- foxhole (military)
zhuàngjīkēng
撞击坑
[撞擊坑]
- impact crater
yǔnshíkēng
陨石坑
[隕石坑]
- meteorite impact crater
bìkēngluòjǐng
避坑落井
[避坑落井]
- to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom)
- out of the frying pan into the fire
fénshūkēngrú
焚书坑儒
[焚書坑儒]
- to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇 ( Qín Shǐhuáng))
kēngkeng-wāwā
坑坑洼洼
[坑坑窪窪]
- full of pits and hollows; bumpy
mǎnkēngmǎngǔ
满坑满谷
[滿坑滿谷]
- (idiom) all over the place
- in every nook and cranny
- packed to the rafters
tiàochūhuǒkēng
跳出火坑
[跳出火坑]
- lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell
- to free oneself from a life of torture
kēngmēngguǎipiàn
坑蒙拐骗
[坑蒙拐騙]
- to swindle
- to cheat
máokēnglǐdiǎndēng
茅坑里点灯
[茅坑裡點燈]
- (slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死 (zhǎosǐ) via its near homophone 照屎 (zhàoshǐ))
mùkēnghāngtǔcéng
墓坑夯土层
[墓坑夯土層]
- layer filled with rammed earth in a tomb pit (archeology)
zhànzhemáokēngbùlāshǐ
占着茅坑不拉屎
[占著茅坑不拉屎]
- lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb)
- fig. to be a dog in the manger
yīgèluóboyīgèkēng
一个萝卜一个坑
[一個蘿蔔一個坑]
- lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
- fig. each person has his own position
- each to his own
- horses for courses
- every kettle has its lid
tiàochūfǔdǐjìnhuǒkēng
跳出釜底进火坑
[跳出釜底進火坑]
- out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)