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
      简简糊
      kaan2 kaan2 wu2
      going mahjong with all hidden Pongs
  2. 參看
    簡

坎 [－]

Jyutping ham2
Pinyin kǎn

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 量詞
    植物​嘅​量​詞​，​講種​植​嘅​時​候​用
    classifier for plants in context of seeding
    • 呢度可以種幾坎 荔枝 。
      呢度可以种几坎 荔枝 。
      ni1 dou6 ho2 ji3 zung3 gei2 ham2 lai6 zi1
      One can plant a few lychee trees here.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    29th hexagram of the I Ching (䷜)
  2. character
    critical juncture
  3. character
    bank or ridge between fields
    • 田坎
      田坎
      tián kǎn
      ridge between fields
  4. character
    6th of the 8 trigrams (☵)
  5. character, literary
    pit; hole
  6. character
    a surname
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. pit, hole
  2. snare, trap
  3. crisis
  4. Cangjie Input
    GNO

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
    呢度可以种几坎 荔枝 。
    呢度可以種幾坎 荔枝 。
    ni1 dou6 ho2 ji3 zung3 gei2 ham2 lai6 zi1
    • One can plant a few lychee trees here.
  2. Cantonese
    三暗坎
    三暗坎
    saam1 am3 kaan2
    • to have 3 concealed Pongs
  3. 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 ze1.
    • He actually did a lot for everyone in secret. It's just that no one knew.
  4. 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.
  5. Cantonese
    佢嘅一生非常坎坷。
    佢嘅一生非常坎坷。
    • He has suffered a lifetime of frustrations.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    坎坎伐檀兮，寘之河之干兮，河水清且涟猗。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionKǎnkǎn fá tán xī, zhì zhī hé zhī gān xī, héshuǐ qīng qiě lián yī. [Pinyin]
    坎坎伐檀兮，寘之河之干兮，河水清且涟猗。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionKǎnkǎn fá tán xī, zhì zhī hé zhī gān xī, héshuǐ qīng qiě lián yī. [Pinyin]
    kan － kan ｇｏ ｈｉｓ ｂｌｏｗｓ ｏｎ ｔｈｅ ｓａｎｄａｌ ｔｒｅｅｓ ，
    • And he places what he hews on the river's bank,
      Whose waters flow clear and rippling.
  2. Mandarin
    田坎
    田坎
    tián kǎn
    • ridge between fields
  3. Mandarin
    挺过这道坎儿
    挺過這道坎兒
    tǐng guò zhè dào kǎn r5
    • to persist and overcome this hurdle
  4. Mandarin
    九坎四星黄赤道俱在子宫
    九坎四星黄赤道俱在子宫
    • X
  5. Mandarin
    这道坎必须得过。
    這道坎必須得過。
    zhè dào kǎn bì xū děi guò ．
    • You must go through this.