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

• 意志消沉 unshakable determination
• 沉痼 chronic illness ; a deeply entrenched problem
• 沉箱 caisson; sink box
• 沉甸甸 heavy
• 故作深沉 to play the profound thinker
• 沉潜(沉潛) to lurk under water; to immerse oneself in (study etc); to lie low; to keep a low profile; quiet; reserved
• 沉凝 stagnant; congealed; grave in manner; low (of voice)
• 沉落 to sink; to fall
• 沉陷 subsidence; caving in; stranded; lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc)
• 沉积(沉積) sediment; deposit ; sedimentation
• 沉寂 silence; stillness
• 昏昏沉沉 dizzy
• 沉默 to not talk ; silent
• 小洞不堵沉大船 A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship.
• 沉香 Chinese eaglewood; agarwood tree (Aquilaria agallocha); lignum aloes
• 沉闷(沉悶) oppressive; heavy; depressed; gloomy ; to obstruct
• 沉静少言(沉靜少言) quiet disposition, rarely speaking
• 沉沉 deep ; grand; majestic ; heavy [hearted] ; without news
• 消沉 depressed; bad mood; low spirit
• 沉浸 to permeate; to immerse
• 浮沉 ups and downs (of life etc); to drift along; to sink and emerge
• 西沉 (of the sun) to set
• 沉淀物(沉澱物) precipitate; solid sediment
• 沉浮 bobbing up and down in the water ; to flourish and then decline ; changes in fortune; vicissitudes ; a multitude
• 沉香木 aloeswood; agarwood
• 凿沉(鑿沉) to scuttle (a ship)
• 沉没(沉沒) to sink ; to be stuck in a predicament
• 沉潭 to sink somebody to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives)
• 血色素沉积症(血色素沉積症) hemochromatosis
• 沉船事故 a shipwreck; a sinking
• 沉水 to sink in water ; agarwood ; Chen River
• 阴沉(陰沉) gloomy
• 沉湎酒色 to wallow in alcohol and sex; overindulgence in wine and women
• 沉厚寡言 a sincere and reticent disposition
• 沉重寡言 a sincere and reticent disposition
• 沉冤 a deep grievance
• 黑沉沉 pitch-black
• 沉痛 grieved
• 沉吟 to hesitate ; to ponder ; to mutter to oneself irresolutely ; serious
• 沉睡 to be fast asleep; (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered
• 沉渣 sediment
• 沉默寡言 habitually silent; reticent; uncommunicative
• 自沉 to scuttle (a ship); to drown oneself
• 沉邃 deep and profound
• 沉重 critical; grave; serious ; serene ; thick; heavy
• 有沉有浮 to have one's ups and downs
• 沉稳(沉穩) steady; calm; unflustered
• 沉雷 deep growling thunder
• 好酒沉瓮底(好酒沉甕底) the best wine is at the bottom of the jug; the best is saved for last
• 雁杳鱼沉(雁杳魚沈) without news from somebody

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• 卷四十上 班彪列傳 Volume 40a: Biography of Ban Biao 1 Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 6
• 卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 6
• 第六十九回 Chapter 69 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
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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
• 性沉 (性沉) 金之性沉 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十一　齊俗訓 Chapter 11: Combining Customs — count: 3
• 为人沉 (為人沉) 為人沉勇有大略 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十九 趙充國辛慶忌傳 Volume 69: Zhao Chongguo and Xin Qingji — 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
• 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
• 王沉 (王沉) 王沉 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九十二 列傳第六十二 文苑 Volume 92 Biographies 62: Writers — count: 3