陷 xiàn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 臽 pit, hole
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
陷
xiàn
to sink; to fall into; to get stuck
Character
Example phrases
- 连续暴雨之后，村口的路面突然陷了下去，车辆只能绕行。 Liánxù bàoyǔ zhīhòu, cūnkǒu de lùmiàn tūrán xiàn le xiàqù, chēliàng zhǐnéng ràoxíng. After days of heavy rain, the road surface at the village entrance suddenly sank, so vehicles had to detour.
- 车轮陷进泥里，怎么也开不出来。 Chēlún xiàn jìn ní lǐ, zěnme yě kāi bù chūlái. The wheel sank into the mud and just would not get out.
- 他的脚陷进沙子里，走了几步就拔不出来。 Tā de jiǎo xiàn jìn shāzi lǐ, zǒu le jǐ bù jiù bá bù chūlái. His feet sank into the sand, and after a few steps he could not pull them out.
Related words
- 缺陷 quēxiàn defect
- 陷入 xiànrù to fall into, to be caught in
- 诬陷 wūxiàn to frame; to falsely accuse
- 陷害 xiànhài to frame; to set someone up
- 陷阱 xiànjǐng trap; pitfall
- 遮 zhē to cover; to block; to shield
- 悬 xuán to hang; to suspend; unresolved
- 遮挡 zhēdǎng to block; to obstruct; to shelter
- 拄 zhǔ to lean on; to prop oneself up with
- 遮盖 zhēgài to cover; to conceal
- 倚 yǐ to lean on; to rely on
- 阻拦 zǔlán to obstruct; to block; to stop