陷 (haam6 ham6 | xian4) : get stuck; trap; frame up

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陷

haam6 ham6

xian4

[1] get stuck; get bogged down; sink
[2] trap; pitfall
[3] frame up; harm sb with trumped-up charges
[4] [military] make a break through
[5] defect; deficiency

Jyutping ham6 is literary pronunciation; haam6 is colloquial. The latter one is often regarded as standard.

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: (#170)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

陷

This word has been viewed 7289 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Oct 2010 05:13

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攻陷 gung1 haam6 gong1 xian4 = to overcome; to take (a fortress) ; to fall (to an attack); to surrender

陷阱 haam6 zeng6 xian4 jing3 = trap

陷入 haam6 jap6 xian4 ru4 = (of trouble, situation, predicament etc.) to get into; to fall into; get caught up in; to land into

陷害 haam6 hoi6 xian4 hai4 = to frame; to blame an innocent party

缺陷 kyut3 haam6 que1 xian4 = defect; flaw

誣陷 mou4 haam6 wu1 xian4 = to set sb. up; to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb.

有缺陷 jau5 kyut3 haam6 you3 que1 xian4 = defective; flawed

人類免疫缺陷病毒 jan4 leoi6 min5 jik6 kyut3 haam6 beng6 duk6 ren2 lei4 mian3 yi4 que1 xian4 bing4 du2 = human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

先天性缺陷 sin1 tin1 sing3 kyut3 haam6 xian1 tian1 xing4 que1 xian4 = birth defect

政治陷害 zing3 zi6 haam6 hoi6 = a political frame-up
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