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On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

kēng ㄎㄥ

    • pit hollow depression
    • pit shaft tunnel

      mining

    • to bury alive

      literary

    • to cheat to scam to screw over

      coll.

Classifiers (measure words)

pit

pit

Other words read kēng

In the same tone

  • 铿 kēng clang
  • 吭 kēng utter
  • 硁 kēng obstinate
  • 硻 kēng obstinate
  • 牼 kēng shank bone of ox

All 7 words read kēng

Other words read kēng

In the same tone

  • 鏗 kēng clang
  • 吭 kēng utter
  • 硜 kēng obstinate
  • 硻 kēng obstinate
  • 牼 kēng shank bone of ox

All 7 words read kēng

How 坑 is written

    部首 radical
    土
    笔画 strokes
    7, with 4 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    土亢
    形旁 meaning
    土
    声旁 sound
    亢

    Words with 坑

    Starting with 坑

    All 15 words starting with 坑

    Ending with 坑

    • 挖坑 wākēng dig a hole
    • 火坑 huǒkēng pit of fire
    • 陷坑 xiànkēng pitfall
    • 大坑 dàkēng Tai Hang District, Hong Kong
    • 茅坑 máokēng latrine pit

    All 30 words ending with 坑

    Containing 坑

    • 焚书坑儒 fénshūkēngrú burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars
    • 满坑满谷 mǎnkēngmǎngǔ all over the place
    • 避坑落井 bìkēngluòjǐng dodge a pit only to fall into a well
    • 占着茅坑不拉屎 zhànzhemáokēngbùlāshǐ lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit
    • 沙坑杆 shākēnggān sand wedge

    All 6 words containing 坑

    Words with 坑

    Starting with 坑

    All 15 words starting with 坑

    Ending with 坑

    • 挖坑 wākēng dig a hole
    • 火坑 huǒkēng pit of fire
    • 陷坑 xiànkēng pitfall
    • 大坑 dàkēng Tai Hang District, Hong Kong
    • 茅坑 máokēng latrine pit

    All 30 words ending with 坑

    Containing 坑

    • 焚書坑儒 fénshūkēngrú burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars
    • 滿坑滿谷 mǎnkēngmǎngǔ all over the place
    • 避坑落井 bìkēngluòjǐng dodge a pit only to fall into a well
    • 占著茅坑不拉屎 zhànzhemáokēngbùlāshǐ lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit
    • 沙坑桿 shākēnggān sand wedge

    All 6 words containing 坑

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