Chinese word dictionary

凹陷

āo xiàn · to cave in; hollow; sunken; depressed

Practice word

Word information

Simplified凹陷

Traditional凹陷

Pinyināo xiàn

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

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凹āo

concave, hollow; depressed; pass, valley

陷xiàn

to sink, to plunge; trap, pitfall

How to learn 凹陷

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Words with the same characters

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缺陷quēxiàn

defect; flaw

陷入xiànrù

to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)

凹āo

concave; depressed; sunken; indented; female (connector etc)

诬陷wūxiàn

to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb

陷xiàn

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

陷害xiànhài

to entrap; to set up; to frame (up); to make false charges against