坎 [－]

Jyutping ham2
Pinyin kǎn

Definitions (Unihan)
  1. pit, hole
  2. snare, trap
  3. crisis
  4. Cangjie Input
    GNO

坎 [－]

Jyutping kaan2
Pinyin kǎn

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 量詞、術語
    麻雀​術語​；​三​隻​牌​合成​一組​，​可以​以上​（​三​隻​同色​順序牌​）​或​碰​（​三​隻​同色​同​字牌​）​嘅​形式​組合​。​喺​廣​東​牌​儲​夠​四​簡​再​加​一​對​眼​就​食​糊​。
    mahjong jargon; a meld: the combination of 3 tiles into a set, can be a Chow (3 sequential tiles of the same suit) or a Pong (3 same tiles of the same suit). In Guangdong mahjong, once you gathered 4 melds and a pair of eyes, you can claim a winning / going mahjong.
    • 簡簡糊
      简简煳
      kaan2 kaan2 wu2
      going mahjong with all hidden Pongs
  2. 參看
    簡

坎 [－]

Jyutping
Pinyin kǎn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. pit
  2. threshold
  3. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water
  4. ☵
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢嘅一生好曲折坎坷。
    佢嘅一生好曲折坎坷。
    keoi5 ge3 jat1 saang1 hou2 kuk1 zit3 ham1 ho1.
    • His life is very rough.
  2. Cantonese
    佢嘅一生非常坎坷。
    佢嘅一生非常坎坷。
    • He has suffered a lifetime of frustrations.
  3. Cantonese
    三暗坎
    三暗坎
    saam1 am3 kaan2
    • to have 3 concealed Pongs
  4. Cantonese
    其实佢暗坎帮大家做咗好多嘢，大家唔知啫。
    其實佢暗坎幫大家做咗好多嘢，大家唔知啫。
    kei4 sat6 keoi5 am3 kaan2 bong1 daai6 gaa1 zou6 zo2 hou2 do1 je5, daai6 gaa1 m4 zi1 ze.
    • He actually did a lot for everyone in secret. It's just that no one knew.