kēng

hole; pit; to defraud

HSK 6 #2242

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 2242nd character
Radical ⼟ (32.4)
Strokes 7
Index # 645

Definitions

坑 kēng
  1. 1. hole
  2. 2. pit
  3. 3. to defraud
  4. 4. tunnel

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Words containing 坑

Word Meaning
cesspit
sand wedge (golf)
sand wedge (golf)
deep pit; Shenkeng, a township in Taiwan
Shenkeng Township, New Taipei, Taiwan
Shenkeng Township, New Taipei, Taiwan
sewage pit
sewage pit
(idiom) all over the place; packed to the rafters
to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor qín shǐ huáng)
burn books and kill scholars; harsh thought control
the bottomless pit (Hell in the Bible); pitless (elevator)
the bottomless pit (Hell in the Bible); pitless (elevator)
mine; mine shaft
cesspit; latrine pit
escape great suffering or hardship
out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)
out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)
Turkish toilet; squat toilet; to vacate one's bowels
to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom)
foxhole
foxhole
pitfall; pit as animal trap
meteorite crater
meteorite crater