Dictionary/沈滞ちんたいChintai沈滞 (Chintai) is a Japanese noun meaning “stagnation, inactivity”.Meaningsnoun, suru verb, intransitive verbstagnation; inactivityKanji in 沈滞沈sink滞stagnateRelated words沈むto sink沈めるto sink (e.g. a ship)滞納falling behind (with a payment)滞在stay沈黙silence渋滞(traffic) congestion停滞stagnation沈菜kimchi延滞arrears沈没sinking滞在中during a stay撃沈(attacking and) sinking (a ship)