Chinese Character Dictionary

坊间

fāng jiān

street stalls

坋

fèn

dust, earth

坋粒

fèn lì

silt

坌

bèn

to bring together

坍

tān

to collapse

坍塌

tān tā

to collapse

坍方

tān fāng

to collapse

坎

kăn

pit

坎儿

kăn r

critical juncture

坎儿井

kăn r jĭng

karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)

坎坎

kăn kăn

(dialect) just now

坎坷

kăn kĕ

bumpy (of a road)

坎坷不平

kăn kĕ bù píng

pot-holed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes

坎坷多舛

kăn kĕ duō chuăn

full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)

坎培拉

Kăn péi lā

Canberra, capital of Australia (Tw)

坎塔布连

Kăn tă bù lián

Cantabria in north Spain

坎塔布连山脉

Kăn tă bù lián shān mài

Cantabrian mountain range in north Spain dividing Asturias from Castilla-Leon

坎塔布连海

Kăn tă bù lián hăi

Bay of Biscay (Spanish: Mare Cantabrico)

坎塔布里亚

Kăn tă bù lĭ yà

Cantabria, Spanish autonomous region, capital Santander 桑坦德[Sāng tăn dé]

坎壈

kăn lăn

to meet with misfortune

坎大哈

Kăn dà hā

Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan)

坎大哈省

Kăn dà hā shĕng

Kandahar province of Afghanistan

坎子

kăn zi

raised ground

坎帕拉

Kăn pà lā

Kampala, capital of Uganda

坎德拉

kăn dé lā

candela (unit of luminosity)

坎昆

Kăn kūn

Cancún

坎特伯雷

Kăn tè bó léi

Canterbury, England

坎特伯雷大主教

Kăn tè bó léi dà zhŭ jiào

Archbishop of Canterbury, head of Church of England

坎肩

kăn jiān

sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)

坎肩儿

kăn jiān r

erhua variant of 坎肩[kăn jiān]

坎贝尔

Kăn bèi ĕr

Campbell (name)

坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠

Kăn bèi ĕr zhū rú cāng shŭ

Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)

坐

Zuò

surname Zuo

坐下

zuò xia

to sit down

坐不垂堂

zuò bù chuí táng

lit. don't sit under overhanging eaves (idiom); fig. don't stay in danger area

坐井观天

zuò jĭng guān tiān

lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded

坐享其成

zuò xiăng qí chéng

to reap where one has not sown (idiom)

坐以待毙

zuò yĭ dài bì

to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate

坐便器

zuò biàn qì

pedestal type WC

坐像

zuò xiàng

seated image (of a Buddha or saint)

坐冷板凳

zuò lĕng băn dèng

to hold a title without the obligations of office

坐力

zuò lì

see 後坐力|后坐力[hòu zuò lì]

坐化

zuò huà

to die in a seated posture (Buddhism)

坐台小姐

zuò tái xiăo jiĕ

bar girl

坐吃享福

zuò chī xiăng fú

vegetative existence

坐商

zuò shāng

tradesman

坐坡

zuò pō

kick-back

坐垫

zuò diàn

cushion

坐墩

zuò dūn

Chinese drum-shaped stool

坐失

zuò shī

to let sth slip by

坐失机宜

zuò shī jī yí

to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance

坐失良机

zuò shī liáng jī

to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance

坐好

zuò hăo

to sit properly

坐定

zuò dìng

to be seated

坐山观虎斗

zuò shān guān hŭ dòu

sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight

坐厕

zuò cè

seating toilet

坐厕垫

zuò cè diàn

toilet seat

坐探

zuò tàn

inside informer

坐收渔利

zuò shōu yú lì

benefit from others' dispute (idiom)

坐月

zuò yuè

see 坐月子[zuò yuè zi]