入坑

入坑

Chinese

FWOTD – 11 October 2018

		to enter	pit; (by extension) fandom
trad. (入坑)		入	坑
simp. #(入坑)		入	坑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rùkēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˋ ㄎㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jap⁶ haang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rùkēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˋ ㄎㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rùkeng
    • Wade–Giles: ju⁴-kʻêng¹
    • Yale: rù-kēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruhkeng
    • Palladius: жукэн (žukɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu⁵¹ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jap⁶ haang¹
    • Yale: yahp hāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jap⁹ haang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeb⁶ hang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐp̚² haːŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

入坑

1. to become entrapped
2. (Mandarin, neologism, Internet slang) to get into a fandom; to begin reading, watching, playing, etc. a creative work or franchise

   Star Trek系列好像有700多集，我要從哪部開始入坑好呢？ [MSC, trad.]
   Star Trek系列好像有700多集，我要从哪部开始入坑好呢？ [MSC, simp.]

   Star Trek xìliè hǎoxiàng yǒu 700 duō jí, wǒ yào cóng nǎ bù kāishǐ rùkēng hǎo ne? [Pinyin]

   Looks like the Star Trek franchise has over 700 episodes, which installment should I begin with?

   • 所謂入坑並沒有你想象的那麼複雜。你只需要發自內心的喜愛就可以了。 [MSC, trad.]
     所谓入坑并没有你想象的那么复杂。你只需要发自内心的喜爱就可以了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018, 如何入坑Fate系列?

     Suǒwèi rù kēng bìng méiyǒu nǐ xiǎngxiàng de nàme fùzá. Nǐ zhǐ xūyào fā zì nèixīn de xǐ'ài jiù kěyǐ le. [Pinyin]

     Getting into a fandom is not as complex as you might imagine. All you need is wholehearted love for it.

3. (Mandarin, neologism, Internet slang, transitive) to get into (a fandom)

   入坑LL  ―  rùkēng LL  ―  to get into Love Live!

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) no equivalent term in Cantonese, but see 落疊／落叠

See also

• 挖坑 (wākēng)
• 開坑／开坑 (kāikēng)
• 填坑 (tiánkēng)
• 退坑 (tuìkēng)
• 棄坑／弃坑 (qìkēng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
入	坑
にゅう Grade: 1	こう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) にゅうこー [nyùúkóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ɯ̟ᵝːko̞ː]

Noun

入(にゅう)坑(こう) • (nyūkō) 

1. entry into an underground pathway, especially a mine

Verb

入(にゅう)坑(こう)する • (nyūkō suru) suru (stem 入(にゅう)坑(こう)し (nyūkō shi), past 入(にゅう)坑(こう)した (nyūkō shita))

1. to enter an underground pathway, especially a mine

Conjugation

Conjugation of "入坑する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	入坑し	にゅうこうし	nyūkō shi
Continuative (連用形)	入坑し	にゅうこうし	nyūkō shi
Terminal (終止形)	入坑する	にゅうこうする	nyūkō suru
Attributive (連体形)	入坑する	にゅうこうする	nyūkō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	入坑すれ	にゅうこうすれ	nyūkō sure
Imperative (命令形)	入坑せよ¹ 入坑しろ²	にゅうこうせよ¹ にゅうこうしろ²	nyūkō seyo¹ nyūkō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	入坑される	にゅうこうされる	nyūkō sareru
Causative	入坑させる 入坑さす	にゅうこうさせる にゅうこうさす	nyūkō saseru nyūkō sasu
Potential	入坑できる	にゅうこうできる	nyūkō dekiru
Volitional	入坑しよう	にゅうこうしよう	nyūkō shiyō
Negative	入坑しない	にゅうこうしない	nyūkō shinai
Negative continuative	入坑せず	にゅうこうせず	nyūkō sezu
Formal	入坑します	にゅうこうします	nyūkō shimasu
Perfective	入坑した	にゅうこうした	nyūkō shita
Conjunctive	入坑して	にゅうこうして	nyūkō shite
Hypothetical conditional	入坑すれば	にゅうこうすれば	nyūkō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN