Hanzi

陷

pitfall/trap/to get stuck/to sink/to cave in/to frame (false charge)/to capture (a city in battle)/to fall (to the enemy)/defect

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 6

Pinyin

xiàn

Bopomofo

ㄒㄧㄢˋ

Jyutping

haam6

Example sentences

缺陷 quēxiàn
這個計畫有嚴重的缺陷。
这个计划有严重的缺陷。

This plan has a serious defect.

陷入 xiànrù
他陷入了深深的沉思。

He fell into deep contemplation.

訴訟 / 诉讼 sùsòng
兩家公司陷入了長期的法律訴訟。
两家公司陷入了长期的法律诉讼。

The two companies were embroiled in a long-term legal lawsuit.

陷阱 xiànjǐng
獵人在森林裡挖了一個陷阱。
猎人在森林里挖了一个陷阱。

The hunter dug a trap in the forest.

陷 xiàn
汽車陷進了泥土裡。
汽车陷进了泥土里。

The car got stuck in the mud.

車輪 / 车轮 chēlún
車輪陷在泥裡了。
车轮陷在泥里了。

The wheel got stuck in the mud.

下陷 xiàxiàn
由於長期抽取地下水，這個地區的地層嚴重下陷。
由于长期抽取地下水，这个地区的地层严重下陷。

Due to long-term groundwater extraction, the ground level in this area has subsided severely.

地下水 dìxiàshuǐ
任意抽取地下水容易造成地層下陷。
任意抽取地下水容易造成地层下陷。

Extracting groundwater arbitrarily can easily cause land subsidence.

Example Vocabulary

缺陷

que1'xian4

defect; flaw; imperfection

陷入

xian4'ru4

to fall into; to sink into; to get caught in

陷阱

xian4'jing3

trap; pitfall

淪陷

lun2'xian4

沖鋒陷陣

身陷

陷

xian4

to sink; to get stuck

陷害

xian4'hai4

下陷

xia4'xian4

to sink; to cave in; subsidence

凹陷

ao1'xian4

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