Word information
Simplified坑洞
Traditional坑洞
Pinyinkēng dòng
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 坑洞
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
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Words with the same characters
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洞dòng
cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers); CL:個|个[ge4]
漏洞lòudòngleak; hole; gap; loophole
洞穴dòngxuécave; cavern
坑kēngpit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive; (coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over; variant of 坑[keng1]
空洞kōngdòngcavity; empty; vacuous