陷坑

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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

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

pitfall; pit
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) trap; snare

Synonyms

(trap):

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)

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