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陷

xiàn

HSK 6 Character

What 陷 means

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

Example sentences

• 我身陷困境。
  Wǒ shēnxiàn kùnjìng.
  I am in a tight place.
• 这是一个陷阱！
  It's a trap!
• 你在陷入困境。
  You're getting into deep water.
• 他被妻子诬陷了。
  Tā bèi qīzi wūxiàn le.
  He was framed by his wife.
• 这只手机有缺陷。
  This phone is defective.
• 你认为它是陷阱吗？
  Nǐ rènwéi tā shì xiànjǐng ma?
  Do you think it's a trap?

Words starting with 陷

• 陷入xiàn rùto sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)
• 陷害xiàn hàito entrap; to set up; to frame (up)
• 陷阱xiàn jǐngpitfall; snare; trap
• 陷于xiàn yúcaught in (a bad situation); to fall into (trap etc)
• 陷落xiàn luòto surrender (of a fortress); to fall (to the enemy); subsidence (of land)
• 陷落带xiàn luò dàiarea of subsidence
• 陷入牢笼xiàn rù láo lóngto fall into a trap; ensnared
• 陷坑xiàn kēngpitfall; pit as animal trap
• 陷于瘫痪xiàn yú tān huànto be paralyzed; to come to a standstill

Words containing 陷

• 缺陷quē xiàndefect; flaw
• 诬陷wū xiànto entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb
• 深陷shēn xiànto be deeply in (trouble, debt etc); deep set (eyes)
• 沦陷lún xiànto fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate
• 凹陷āo xiànto cave in; hollow; sunken; depressed
• 攻陷gōng xiànto capture (a fortress, city etc); to take by force
• 塌陷tā xiànto subside; to sink; to cave in
• 冲锋陷阵chōng fēng xiàn zhèn(idiom) to charge into battle; (fig.) to be on the front lines
• 下陷xià xiànto subside; subsidence
• 低陷dī xiànto sink; to settle
• 构陷gòu xiànto frame; to bring false charges against
• 气陷qì xiàncollapse of 气
• 沉陷chén xiànto sink; to cave in; (of a building etc) to subside…
• 身陷shēn xiànto be trapped; to be imprisoned
• 出生缺陷chū shēng quē xiànbirth defect
• 言语缺陷yán yǔ quē xiànspeech defect
• 越陷越深yuè xiàn yuè shēnto fall deeper and deeper (in debt, in love etc)
• 先天性缺陷xiān tiān xìng quē xiànbirth defect
• 悲剧缺陷bēi jù quē xiàntragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)
• 倾陷qīng xiànto frame (an innocent person); to collapse
• 身陷牢狱shēn xiàn láo yùto go to prison; to be imprisoned
• 诱陷yòu xiànto lure into a trap
• 崩陷bēng xiànto fall in; to cave in
• 身陷牢笼shēn xiàn láo lóngfallen into a trap

Characters that look like 陷

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

• 顺shùnto obey; to follow; to arrange
• 唱chàngto sing; to call loudly; to chant
• 鸿hóngeastern bean goose; great; large
• 掐qiāto pick (flowers); to pinch; to nip
• 鸥ōucommon gull
• 陲chuífrontier

Sounds the same

Read xiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

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