挖坑

Chinese

		to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	pit; (by extension) fandom, franchise
trad. (挖坑)		挖	坑
simp. #(挖坑)		挖	坑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wākēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ ㄎㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waat³ haang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wākēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ ㄎㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wakeng
    • Wade–Giles: wa¹-kʻêng¹
    • Yale: wā-kēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uakeng
    • Palladius: вакэн (vakɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waat³ haang¹
    • Yale: waat hāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁸ haang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wad³ hang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚³ haːŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

挖坑

1. to dig a pit; to dig a hole on the ground
2. (figurative) to set up a trap
3. (neologism, by extension, Internet slang) (of a creator/author) to begin to create a new franchise; to start working on a new piece of creative work

   太太，這已經是你挖的第五個坑了，可以考慮下老讀者感受填坑吗？ [MSC, trad.]
   太太，这已经是你挖的第五个坑了，可以考虑下老读者感受填坑吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Tàitài, zhè yǐjīng shì nǐ wā de dì wǔ ge kēng le, kěyǐ kǎolǜ xià lǎo dúzhě gǎnshòu tián kēng ma? [Pinyin]

   Ma'am, this new work would be your fifth ongoing one, world you please consider finishing up your old franchises for the sake of us readers?

Synonyms

• 開坑／开坑 (kāikēng)

See also

• 入坑 (rùkēng)
• 填坑 (tiánkēng)
• 棄坑／弃坑 (qìkēng)
• 退坑 (tuìkēng)