沉 chén

1. 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')
2. chén verb to be addicted to; infatuated with
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '沉' v 5; Unihan '沉')
3. chén adjective heavy
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '沉' adj 1)
4. chén verb to lower; to drop
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '沉'; Guoyu '沉' v 2)
5. chén verb to reduce
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '沉' v 4)
6. chén verb to conceal; to hide
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '沉' v 6)
7. chén adjective deep
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '沉' adj 2)
8. chén adjective long [time]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '沉' adj 3)
9. chén verb to engulf
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '沉' v 3)

Contained in

• 沉重寡言 a sincere and reticent disposition
• 沉寂 silence; stillness
• 沉陷 subsidence; caving in; stranded; lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc)
• 鱼沉雁杳(魚沉雁杳) the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance; a letter does not arrive
• 沉重 critical; grave; serious ; serene ; thick; heavy
• 沉着(沉著) steady; unmoved ; calm and collected
• 昏沉 murky; dazed; befuddled; dizzy
• 石沉大海 to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea; to elicit no response
• 沉睡 to be fast asleep; (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered
• 沉稳(沉穩) steady; calm; unflustered
• 沉没成本(沉沒成本) sunk cost
• 死气沉沉(死氣沉沉) declining in life and spirit; lifeless
• 小洞不堵沉大船 A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship.
• 沉闷(沉悶) oppressive; heavy; depressed; gloomy ; to obstruct
• 阴沉(陰沉) gloomy
• 海相沉积物(海相沉積物) oceanic sediment
• 雁杳鱼沉(雁杳魚沈) without news from somebody
• 沉淀(沉澱) to settle; to precipitate
• 暮气沉沉(暮氣沉沉) the evening air is heavy; feeling dejected
• 阴沉沉(陰沉沉) dark (weather, mood)
• 沉浸 to permeate; to immerse
• 破釜沉舟 break the cauldrons and sink the boats; to cut off one's means of retreat
• 沉静少言(沉靜少言) quiet disposition, rarely speaking
• 浮沉 ups and downs (of life etc); to drift along; to sink and emerge
• 沉水 to sink in water ; agarwood ; Chen River
• 沉溺 to sink ; to indulge in; to be addicted ; to suffer in a disaster
• 沉酣 dead drunk ; infatuated ; fast asleep
• 沉痛 grieved
• 沉醉 to become totally intoxicated ; infatuated
• 低沉 deep and low (of sound); muffled ; overcast; gloomy; downcast
• 沉雷 deep growling thunder
• 下沉 to sink down
• 沉积物(沉積物) sediment
• 深沉 deep ; perfect ; steady ; abstruse; hidden
• 沉凝 stagnant; congealed; grave in manner; low (of voice)
• 沉住气(沉住氣) to keep cool; to stay calm
• 击沉(擊沉) to attack and sink (a ship)
• 沉默是金 Silence is golden.
• 沉思 to meditate; to contemplate; to ponder
• 香销玉沉(香銷玉沉) fragrance dispersed, jade lost; for a female to have passed away
• 沉不住气(沉不住氣) to lose one's cool; to get impatient; unable to remain calm
• 沉滞(沉滯) a blockage ; to detain; to stop ; to retire ; to have a slump in sales
• 沉香木 aloeswood; agarwood
• 沉郁(沉鬱) depressed; gloomy ; a deep accumulation
• 有沉有浮 to have one's ups and downs
• 沉厚 sincere; earnest ; profound
• 沉静(沉靜) peaceful; quiet; calm; gentle
• 沉淀物(沉澱物) precipitate; solid sediment
• 沉厚寡言 a sincere and reticent disposition
• 沉浮 bobbing up and down in the water ; to flourish and then decline ; changes in fortune; vicissitudes ; a multitude

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Collocations

• 沉钦 (沉欽) 集解引沉欽韓說 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十 銚期王霸祭遵列傳 Volume 20: Biographies of Tiao Qi; Wang Ba; Zhai Zun — count: 42
• 引沉 (引沉) 集解引沉欽韓說 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十 銚期王霸祭遵列傳 Volume 20: Biographies of Tiao Qi; Wang Ba; Zhai Zun — count: 40
• 沉家 (沉家) 沉家本謂 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十上 班彪列傳 Volume 40a: Biography of Ban Biao 1 — count: 12
• 沉毅 (沉毅) 肜性沉毅內重 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十 銚期王霸祭遵列傳 Volume 20: Biographies of Tiao Qi; Wang Ba; Zhai Zun — count: 4
• 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
• 沉氐 (沉氐) 沉氐大豪滇昌 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十五 皇甫張段列傳 Volume 65: Biographies of Huangfu, Zhang, Duan — count: 3
• 谢沉 (謝沉) 謝沉書曰 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十三 周黃徐姜申屠列傳 Volume 53: Biographies of Zhou, Huang, Xu, Jiang, Shentu — count: 3
• 沉深 (沉深) 沉深有才略 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十六 鄭范陳賈張列傳 Volume 36: Biographies of Zheng, Fan, Chen, Jia, Zhang — count: 3
• 沉说 (沉說) 沉說是 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十 孝明八王列傳 Volume 50: Biographies of Eight Princes of Xiaoming — count: 3
• 性沉 (性沉) 金之性沉 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十一　齊俗訓 Chapter 11: Combining Customs — count: 3