深 shēn

1. shēn adjective deep
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in deep water (ABC 'shēn' 深 sv 1; GHC '深' 1; Guoyu '深' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '深' 1; NCCED '深' 1; Unihan '深')
2. shēn adjective profound; penetrating
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 深入 (ABC 'shēn' 深 sv 2; GHC '深' 2; Guoyu '深' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '深' 4; NCCED '深' 4)
3. shēn adjective dark; deep in color
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Color
   Notes: (ABC 'shēn' 深 sv 4; GHC '深' 6; Kroll 2015 '深' 5; NCCED '深' 6)
4. shēn adjective remote in time
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: In the sense of 时间久 (GHC '深' 7; Kroll 2015 '深' 3)
5. shēn noun depth
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Measurement and Control
   Notes: (ABC 'shēn' 深 n; NCCED '深' 2; Unihan '深')
6. shēn adjective far
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '深' 2)
7. shēn adjective to withdraw; to recede
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '深' 2a)
8. shēn adjective thick; lush
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 茂盛 (Guoyu '深' adj 5)
9. shēn adjective intimate; close
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'shēn' 深 sv 3; NCCED '深' 5)
10. shēn adjective late
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
    Notes: At night (ABC 'shēn' 深 sv 5; Guoyu '深' adj 4; NCCED '深' 7)
11. shēn adjective great
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
    Notes: In the sense of a great difference between top and botton or between inner and outer (GHC '深' 2)
12. shēn adjective grave; serious
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (ABC 'shēn' 深 sv 6)
13. shēn adverb very
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
    Notes: In the sense of 很多 (Guoyu '深' adv; NCCED '深' 8; Unihan '深')
14. shēn verb to dig; to go deep into; to be well versed in
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '深' 6)
15. shēn verb to survey; to probe
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 探测 (GHC '深' 8)

Contained in

• 深闭固拒(深閉固拒) deep, closed and refusing; obstinate; stubborn and perverse
• 深得民心 to win the hearts of the people; to be popular among the masses
• 深情厚意 profound love, generous friendship
• 深根柢固 deep rooted, solid foundation; immovable
• 幽深 serene and hidden in depth or distance
• 讳莫如深(諱莫如深) important matter that must be kept secret; don't breathe a word of it to anyone!
• 深谋(深謀) forethought
• 深挖 to dredge
• 深港 Shenzhen and Hong Kong
• 深谋远虑(深謀遠慮) deep plans and distant thoughts; to plan far ahead
• 深耕 deep plowing; thorough penetration; thorough development (of a market segment etc)
• 深恶痛绝(深惡痛絕) to detest bitterly; implacable hatred; to abhor; anathema
• 深情 a deep emotion
• 深海烟囱(深海煙囪) deep-sea vent; black smoker
• 高壁深堑(高壁深塹) a high wall and a deep moat
• 水深 depth (of waterway); sounding
• 深思熟虑(深思熟慮) mature reflection; after careful deliberations
• 测深(測深) to sound (sea depth)
• 高城深堑(高城深塹) high walls and a deep moat; a solid defense
• 寓意深远(寓意深遠) the implied message is deep; having deep implications
• 深切 deep (emotion or thought)
• 深厚 deep; profound ; magnificent ; abundant
• 深山 deep in the mountains
• 深稽博考 to perform a deep and wide-ranging investigation
• 深绿(深綠) dark green
• 深更半夜 in the dead of night
• 深藏若虚(深藏若虛) to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it; modest about one's talents
• 深奥(深奧) abstruse ; hidden
• 深度 depth ; profundity
• 深蹲 squat (exercise)
• 艰深晦涩(艱深晦澀) abstruse and unfathomable
• 更深人静(更深人靜) deep at night and all is quiet
• 深思 to ponder; to consider
• 不深 not deep
• 深究 to perform an in-depth investigation
• 深察名号(深察名號) thorough examination of names
• 深棕 brown (color)
• 高深莫测(高深莫測) profound mystery
• 深浅(深淺) depth ; dimensions; degree
• 一往情深 deeply attached; devoted
• 北上广深(北上廣深) Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen
• 景深 depth of field
• 在深处(在深處) deeply
• 深州市 Shenzhou Hengshui 衡水, Hebei
• 深棕色 dark brown
• 内心深处(內心深處) deep in one's heart
• 加深理解 to get a better grasp of

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Collocations

• 深衣 (深衣) 主人深衣練冠 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 9
• 深四 (深四) 深四尺 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 覲禮 第十 10. Rites of the (imperial) audience — count: 5
• 堂深 (堂深) 南北以堂深 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 4
• 深二 (深二) 鑿深二寸有半 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 3
• 凿深 (鑿深) 量其鑿深以為輻廣 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 3
• 深目 (深目) 深目而豭喙 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 临深 (臨深) 不臨深 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 3
• 深微 (深微) 玄妙深微 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六　覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 3
• 可深 (可深) 可淺可深 — Guanzi 管子, 宙合第十一 Chapter 11: Zhou He — count: 3
• 入深 (入深) 良弓難張然可以及高入深良馬難乘然可以任重致遠良才難令然可以致君見尊是故江河不惡小谷之滿己也故能大聖人者事無辭也物無違也故能為天下器 — Mozi 墨子, 卷一 親士 Book 1 - Make Close the Scholars — count: 3