xiàn

HSK 7–9

陷 (xiàn) is a Chinese word meaning “pitfall; trap; to get stuck”.

Meanings

  1. 1pitfall
  2. 2trap
  3. 3to get stuck
  4. 4to sink
  5. 5to cave in
  6. 6to frame (false charge)
  7. 7to capture (a city in battle)
  8. 8to fall (to the enemy)
  9. 9defect
Part of speech
verb

Related words

陷入to sink into陷害to entrap陷阱pitfall缺陷defect; flaw深陷to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc)诬陷to entrap陷落to surrender (of a fortress)陷于caught in (a bad situation)沦陷to fall into enemy hands塌陷to subside凹陷to cave in; hollow; sunken; depressed攻陷to capture (a fortress, city etc); to take by force

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