坑

kēng

B2 Level 6

坑 (kēng) is a Chinese word meaning “pit; hollow; depression”. It sits at TOCFL Level 6 (CEFR B2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. pit; hollow; depression
  2. (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel
  3. (literary) to bury alive
  4. (coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).