| 陷 | xiàn | pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect |
| 陷入 | xiàn rù | to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament) |
| 陷落 | xiàn luò | to surrender (of a fortress); to fall (to the enemy); subsidence (of land) |
| 陷害 | xiàn hài | to frame (up); to make false charges against |
| 陷阱 | xiàn jǐng | lit. a pit for trapping animals; a trap; a snare; a booby-trap |
| 陷入困境 | xiàn rù kùn jìng | to fall into difficulty (e.g. facing bankruptcy) |
| 陷入牢笼 | xiàn rù láo lóng | to fall into a trap; ensnared |
| 陷入绝境 | xiàn rù jué jìng | fall into impasse |
| 陷坑 | xiàn kēng | pitfall; pit as animal trap |
| 陷于 | xiàn yú | caught in (a bad situation); to fall into (trap etc) |
| 陷于瘫痪 | xiàn yú tān huàn | to be paralyzed; at a standstill |
| 陷落带 | xiàn luò dài | area of subsidence |