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陷
Mandarin · pinyin xiàn
Meanings
- 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
Characters in this entry
- 陷
- xiàn · submerge, sink, plunge; trap
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Mandarin tones
4 · xian4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 7 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
haam6 · ham6
Cantonese word readings for 陷. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to submerge; to sink; to plunge
- to be captured
- to breach; to break through; to make a breakthrough
- trap (device designed to catch animals)
- to frame; to entrap; to set up; to bring up someone on false charges
- to sink
- fault; defect; drawback
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