Meaning of 坑
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
kēng
- pit; hollow; depression
- (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel
- (literary) to bury alive
- (coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over
kēng
- variant of 坑[keng1]
坑 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我只用一天就用铲子挖了一个大坑。
I dug a huge pit with my shovel in just one day.
他愤怒地践踏水坑，弄得泥水四溅。
Angrily, he stomped on the puddle, splashing mud everywhere.
Stroke order for each character
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坑 kēng · pit · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 坑.
| 水坑 | shuǐkēng | puddle; water hole |
| 矿坑 | kuàngkēng | mine; mine shaft |
| 火坑 | huǒkēng | pit of fire; fig. living hell |
| 坑洞 | kēngdòng | hole; pit |
Questions about 坑
What does 坑 mean?
坑 (kēng) means "pit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel" and is used as a verb and noun.
How do you write 坑?
坑 is made of 1 character: 坑 (7 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.
Is 坑 an HSK word?
Yes. 坑 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.