沉
to sink, to submerge; profound, deep; to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop
- Strokes
- 7
- Pinyin
- chén
Parts
Words with 沉
- 下沉xià chén · xiachento sink down
- 低沉dī chén · dichen(of weather) overcast; gloomy; (of a voice) low and deep; low-spirited; downcast
- 击沉jī chén · jichento attack and sink (a ship)
- 昏沉hūn chén · hunchenmurky; dazed; befuddled
- 沉井chén jǐng · chenjingopen caisson
- 沉凝chén níng · chenningstagnant; congealed; fig. grave in manner
- 沉吟chén yín · chenyinto mutter to oneself irresolutely
- 沉寂chén jì · chenjisilence; stillness
- 沉思chén sī · chensito contemplate; to ponder; contemplation
- 沉闷chén mèn · chenmenoppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed
- 沉沉chén chén · chenchendeeply; heavily
- 沉没chén mò · chenmoto sink
- 沉浮chén fú · chenfulit. sinking and floating; to bob up and down on water; ebb and flow
- 沉浸chén jìn · chenjinto soak; to permeate; to immerse
- 沉沦chén lún · chenlunto sink into (vice, depravity etc); to pass into oblivion; downfall; passing
- 沉湎chén miǎn · chenmian(literary) to wallow in; to indulge in; to be deeply engrossed in
- 沉溺chén nì · chenni(fig.) to indulge in; to wallow in (addiction, vice etc); (literary) to sink into water
- 沉潜chén qián · chenqianto lurk under water; to immerse oneself in (study etc); to lie low; to keep a low profile
- 沉潭chén tán · chentanto sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives)
- 沉淀chén diàn · chendian(chemistry) to settle; to precipitate; (chemistry) sediment; precipitate; (fig.) (of emotions, thoughts, experience etc) to settle and be absorbed over time; to take shape gradually (through reflection or maturation)
- 沉痛chén tòng · chentonggrief; remorse; deep in sorrow
- 沉痼chén gù · chenguchronic illness; fig. deeply entrenched problem
- 沉疴chén kē · chenkechronic illness; (fig.) deep-rooted problem; longstanding issue
- 沉睡chén shuì · chenshuito be fast asleep; (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered
- 沉积chén jī · chenjisediment; deposit; sedimentation (geology)
- 沉稳chén wěn · chenwensteady; calm; unflustered
- 沉箱chén xiāng · chenxiangcaisson; sink box
- 沉缓chén huǎn · chenhuanunhurried; deliberate
- 沉船chén chuán · chenchuanshipwreck; sunken boat; sinking ship
- 沉落chén luò · chenluoto sink; to fall