陷阱

See also: 陷穽 and 陥穽

Chinese

		to fall; trap	hole; pitfall
simp. and trad. (陷阱)		陷	阱
alternative forms		陷穽／陷阱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànjǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haam⁶ zing⁶ / haam⁶ zeng⁶ / ham⁶ zing⁶ / ham⁶ zeng⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ham-chiáng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hām-chíⁿ / hām-chéⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ham⁷ zên²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànjǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànjǐng
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-ching³
    • Yale: syàn-jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannjiing
    • Palladius: сяньцзин (sjanʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haam⁶ zing⁶ / haam⁶ zeng⁶ / ham⁶ zing⁶ / ham⁶ zeng⁶
    • Yale: haahm jihng / haahm jehng / hahm jihng / hahm jehng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haam⁶ dzing⁶ / haam⁶ dzeng⁶ / ham⁶ dzing⁶ / ham⁶ dzeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ham⁶ jing⁶ / ham⁶ zéng⁶ / hem⁶ jing⁶ / hem⁶ zéng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːm²² t͡sɪŋ²²/, /haːm²² t͡sɛːŋ²²/, /hɐm²² t͡sɪŋ²²/, /hɐm²² t͡sɛːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ham-chiáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ham jiang`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ham⁴ jiang³
    • Sinological IPA: /ham⁵⁵ t͡si̯aŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hām-chíⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hām-tsínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxmcvie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ham⁴¹⁻²² t͡sĩ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ham²²⁻²¹ t͡sĩ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ham³³⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hām-chéⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hām-tsénn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxmzvea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ham³³⁻²¹ t͡sẽ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ham²²⁻²¹ t͡sɛ̃⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ham⁷ zên²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hām tséⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ham¹¹ t͡sẽ⁵²/

Noun

陷阱

1. (literally) trap (device designed to catch animals)
2. (figuratively) trick; snare; trap

Synonyms

• (trap): (literary, or in compounds) 陷 (xiàn)
• (trick):

• 圈套 (quāntào)
• 坎阱 (kǎnjǐng) (literary)
• 局子 (Beijing Mandarin)
• 漉束箍仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 牢籠／牢笼 (láolóng)
• 網羅／网罗 (wǎngluó)
• 羅網／罗网 (luówǎng)
• 陷坑 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 騙局／骗局 (piànjú) (fraud, hoax or scam)

 

Derived terms

• 視覺陷阱／视觉陷阱 (shìjué xiànjǐng)
• 自墜陷阱／自坠陷阱
• 貧困陷阱／贫困陷阱 (pínkùn xiànjǐng)