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阱

jǐng

HSK 6 Character

What 阱 means

1. pitfall
2. trap

Other readings

阱 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jǐngvariant of {阱|jǐng}

Example sentences

• 这是一个陷阱！
  It's a trap!
• 你认为它是陷阱吗？
  Nǐ rènwéi tā shì xiànjǐng ma?
  Do you think it's a trap?
• 我知道怎么设陷阱。
  Wǒ zhīdào zěnme shè xiànjǐng.
  I know how to set a trap.
• 别长大， 是陷阱。
  Don't grow up. It's a trap!
• 我知道怎幺设陷阱。
  I know how to set a trap.
• 他们利用陷阱捕捉狐狸。
  Tāmen lìyòng xiànjǐng bǔzhuō húli.
  Using a trap, they caught the fox.

Words containing 阱

• 陷阱xiàn jǐngpitfall; snare; trap
• 势阱shì jǐngpotential well (physics)
• 气阱qì jǐngair pocket
• 量子阱liàng zǐ jǐng(physics) quantum well
• 修昔底德陷阱Xiū xī dǐ dé xiàn jǐngThucydides Trap…

Characters that look like 阱

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 附fùto add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
• 阶jiērank or step; stairs
• 删shānto delete
• 阴yīnovercast (weather); cloudy; shady
• 纷fēnnumerous; confused; disorderly
• 姊zǐolder sister; Taiwan pr. jiě

Sounds the same

Read jǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 警to alert; to warn; police
• 景(bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation
• 井a well; neat; orderly
• 颈neck
• 憬awaken
• 儆to warn; to admonish
• 璟luster of gem
• 肼hydrazine
• 刭cut the throat
• 璥(gem)
• 暻bright
• 坓variant of 阱