Chinese symbol for “pitfall”
陷阱
xiàn jǐng
pitfall; snare; trap
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pitfall is 陷阱 (xiàn jǐng), defined as: pitfall; snare; trap.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “pitfall”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 陷阱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陷入 | xiàn rù | to sink into; to get caught up in |
| 缺陷 | quē xiàn | defect; flaw |
| 沦陷 (淪陷) | lún xiàn | to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied |
| 陷害 | xiàn hài | to entrap; to set up |
| 陷于 (陷於) | xiàn yú | caught in (a bad situation); to fall into (trap etc) |
| 势阱 (勢阱) | shì jǐng | potential well (physics) |
| 气阱 (氣阱) | qì jǐng | air pocket |
| 量子阱 | liàng zǐ jǐng | (physics) quantum well |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pitfall”.
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.