Chinese symbol for “gallery”
坑道
kēng dào
mine shaft; gallery; tunnel
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gallery is 坑道 (kēng dào), defined as: mine shaft; gallery; tunnel.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 坑道.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坑洞 | kēng dòng | hole; pit |
| 坑人 | kēng rén | (coll.) to cheat; to swindle; to rip sb off; to screw sb over |
| 矿坑 (礦坑) | kuàng kēng | mine; mine shaft |
| 坑爹 | kēng diē | to get one's father involved in a difficult situation; (vulgar) (of sth that makes one feel misled or let down etc) to be a big disappointme |
| 水坑 | shuǐ kēng | puddle; water hole |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gallery”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.