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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1坎坷 坎坷 kǎn kan3 ke3bumpy (of a road); rough (of life); to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
2坎肩儿 坎肩兒 kǎn jiān rkan3 jian1 r5erhua variant of 坎肩
3尤坎 尤坎 yóu kǎnYou2 kan3Rjukan (city in Norway)
4坎儿井 坎兒井 kǎn r jǐngkan3 r5 jing3karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)
5坎儿 坎兒 kǎn rkan3 r5critical juncture; key moment
6坎培拉 坎培拉 kǎn péi Kan3 pei2 la1Canberra, capital of Australia (Tw)
7坎帕拉 坎帕拉 kǎn Kan3 pa4 la1Kampala, capital of Uganda
8坎壈 坎壈 kǎn lǎnkan3 lan3to meet with misfortune
9坎昆 坎昆 kǎn kūnKan3 kun1Cancún
10坎坷多舛 坎坷多舛 kǎn duō chuǎnkan3 ke3 duo1 chuan3full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)
11坎坷不遇 坎坷不遇 kǎn kan3 ke3 bu4 yu4to have met with many difficulties but few opportunities (idiom)
12坎坷不平 坎坷不平 kǎn píngkan3 ke3 bu4 ping2potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes
13坎坎 坎坎 kǎn kǎnkan3 kan3(dialect) just now
14阿尔坎塔拉 阿爾坎塔拉 ā ěr kǎn A1 er3 kan3 ta3 la1Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain; Alcantara, Brazil space launch site
15坎肩 坎肩 kǎn jiānkan3 jian1sleeveless jacket (usually cotton); Chinese waistcoat
16坎德拉 坎德拉 kǎn kan3 de2 la1candela (unit of luminosity); standard candle
17坎大哈省 坎大哈省 kǎn shěngKan3 da4 ha1 sheng3Kandahar province of Afghanistan
18坎大哈 坎大哈 kǎn Kan3 da4 ha1Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan)
19坎城 坎城 kǎn chéngKan3 cheng2Cannes, France (Tw)
20坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠 坎貝爾侏儒倉鼠 kǎn bèi ěr zhū cāng shǔKan3 bei4 er3 zhu1 ru2 cang1 shu3Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
21坎贝尔 坎貝爾 kǎn bèi ěrKan3 bei4 er3Campbell (name)
22 kǎnkan3old variant of ; pit; hole; pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 , symbolizing water; ☵
23赤坎区 赤坎區 chì kǎn Chi4 kan3 qu1Chikan district of Zhanjiang city 湛江市 , Guangdong
24赤坎 赤坎 chì kǎnChi4 kan3Chikan district of Zhanjiang city 湛江市 , Guangdong
25布坎南 布坎南 kǎn nánBu4 kan3 nan2Buchanan (surname)

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