坑 kēng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 土 soil, earth 亢 high, proud
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
坑
kēng
pit; trap; to swindle
Character
Example phrases
- 暴雨过后，路面塌出一个大坑，车辆只能绕行。 Bàoyǔ guò hòu, lùmiàn tā chū yí gè dà kēng, chēliàng zhǐ néng ràoxíng. After the rainstorm, a large pit collapsed in the road surface, so vehicles had to make a detour.
- 孩子不小心掉进了坑里，大家赶紧把他拉了上来。 Háizi bù xiǎoxīn diào jìn le kēng li, dàjiā gǎnjǐn bǎ tā lā le shànglái. The child fell into a pit by accident, and everyone hurried to pull him out.
- 这家店卖假货，真坑人！ Zhè jiā diàn mài jiǎhuò, zhēn kēng rén! This shop sells fakes; it really rips people off!
Related words
- 孔 kǒng hole; aperture
- 口子 kǒuzi opening; cut; breach
- 窟窿 kūlong hole; loophole; deficit
- 裂缝 lièfèng crack; fissure
- 间隙 jiànxì gap; interval
- 空隙 kòngxì gap; crevice
- 空白 kòngbái blank; gap
- 空荡荡 kōngdàngdàng empty; deserted; spacious and bare
- 空洞 kōngdòng hollow; empty; vacuous
- 靠拢 kàolǒng to move closer; to draw near; to align with
- 挪 nuó to move; to shift
- 挤压 jǐyā to squeeze; to compress; to put pressure on