沉 chén
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chén
verb
to submerge; to sink
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '沉'; Guoyu '沉' v 1; Kroll 2015 '沉', p. 46; Unihan '沉') -
chén
verb
to be addicted to; infatuated with
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '沉' v 5; Unihan '沉') -
chén
adjective
heavy
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '沉' adj 1) -
chén
verb
to lower; to drop
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '沉'; Guoyu '沉' v 2) -
chén
verb
to reduce
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '沉' v 4) -
chén
verb
to conceal; to hide
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '沉' v 6) -
chén
adjective
deep
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '沉' adj 2) -
chén
adjective
long [time]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '沉' adj 3) -
chén
verb
to engulf
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '沉' v 3)
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- 沉淀(沉澱) to settle; to precipitate
- 沉积作用(沉積作用) sedimentation
- 沉没(沉沒) to sink ; to be stuck in a predicament
- 自沉 to scuttle (a ship); to drown oneself
- 沉溺 to sink ; to indulge in; to be addicted ; to suffer in a disaster
- 沉痼 chronic illness ; a deeply entrenched problem
- 红细胞沉降率(紅細胞沉降率) erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
- 香销玉沉(香銷玉沉) fragrance dispersed, jade lost; for a female to have passed away
- 沉醉 to become totally intoxicated ; infatuated
- 沉陷 subsidence; caving in; stranded; lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc)
- 沉厚 sincere; earnest ; profound
- 昏昏沉沉 dizzy
- 沉沦(沉淪) to sink; to be reduced to ; to degenerate; to be reduced to ; to indulge in ; to vanish socially
- 小洞不堵沉大船 A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship.
- 沉郁(沉鬱) depressed; gloomy ; a deep accumulation
- 沉沉 deep ; grand; majestic ; heavy [hearted] ; without news
- 沉缓(沉緩) unhurried; deliberate
- 沉稳(沉穩) steady; calm; unflustered
- 沉积岩(沉積岩) sedimentary rock
- 沉默 to not talk ; silent
- 沉阴(沉陰) dark weather; a long spell of rainy weather
- 沉默是金 Silence is golden.
- 沉积物(沉積物) sediment
- 石沉大海 to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea; to elicit no response
- 鱼沉雁杳(魚沉雁杳) the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance; a letter does not arrive
- 昏沉 murky; dazed; befuddled; dizzy
- 沉鱼落雁(沉魚落雁) fish sink, goose alights
- 沉凝 stagnant; congealed; grave in manner; low (of voice)
- 沉积带(沉積帶) sedimentary belt
- 雁杳鱼沉(雁杳魚沈) without news from somebody
- 沉降 to subside; to cave in
- 沉没成本(沉沒成本) sunk cost
- 阴沉(陰沉) gloomy
- 下沉 to sink down
- 沉疴(沉痾) grave disease
- 积羽沉舟(積羽沉舟) many feathers will sink a boat
- 沉厚寡言 a sincere and reticent disposition
- 沉甸甸 heavy
- 沉着应战(沉著應戰) to remain calm in the face of adversity
- 海相沉积物(海相沉積物) oceanic sediment
- 击沉(擊沉) to attack and sink (a ship)
- 沉寂 silence; stillness
- 西沉 (of the sun) to set
- 血色素沉积症(血色素沉積症) hemochromatosis
- 沉重 critical; grave; serious ; serene ; thick; heavy
- 浸沉 to soak; to steep
- 沉邃 deep and profound
- 沉眠 to be deep asleep ; to doze
- 低沉 deep and low (of sound); muffled ; overcast; gloomy; downcast
- 沉香木 aloeswood; agarwood
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- 沉沙 (沉沙) 沉沙栖陆之玮寶 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十六 南蠻西南夷列傳 Volume 86: Treatise on the Nanman, Southwestern Barbarians — count: 3
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