zòng shēn

Traditional: 縱深

HSK 7–9

纵深 (zòng shēn) is a Chinese word meaning “depth (from front to rear); depth (into a territory); span (of time)”.

Meanings

  1. 1depth (from front to rear)
  2. 2depth (into a territory)
  3. 3span (of time)
  4. 4(fig.) depth (of deployment, progress, development etc)
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 纵深

纵zòng · vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1])深shēn · (lit. and fig.) deep

Related words

深(lit. and fig.) deep深old variant of 深[shen1]深刻profound深处abyss深入to penetrate deeply操纵to operate深深deep纵火to set on fire深度depth深夜very late at night放纵to indulge深感to feel deeply

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