陷坑

Chinese

		to fall; trap	pit; to defraud
simp. and trad. (陷坑)		陷	坑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànkēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄎㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haam⁶ haang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hām-khiⁿ / hām-kheⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànkēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄎㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànkeng
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-kʻêng¹
    • Yale: syàn-kēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannkeng
    • Palladius: сянькэн (sjanʹkɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haam⁶ haang¹
    • Yale: haahm hāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haam⁶ haang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ham⁶ hang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːm²² haːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hām-khiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hām-khinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxmqvy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ham⁴¹⁻²² kʰĩ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ham³³⁻¹¹ kʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ham²²⁻²¹ kʰĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hām-kheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hām-khenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxmqvef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ham²²⁻²¹ kʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ham³³⁻²¹ kʰẽ⁴⁴/

Noun

陷坑

1. pitfall; pit
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) trap; snare

Synonyms

• (trap):

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• 圈套 (quāntào)
• 坎阱 (kǎnjǐng) (literary)
• 局子 (Beijing Mandarin)
• 漉束箍仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 牢籠 / 牢笼 (láolóng)
• 網羅 / 网罗 (wǎngluó)
• 羅網 / 罗网 (luówǎng)
• 陷阱 (xiànjǐng)
• 騙局 / 骗局 (piànjú) (fraud, hoax or scam)