chén

HSK 4

沉 (chén) is a Chinese word meaning “to submerge; to immerse; to sink”.

Meanings

  1. 1to submerge
  2. 2to immerse
  3. 3to sink
  4. 4to keep down
  5. 5to lower
  6. 6to drop
  7. 7deep
  8. 8profound
  9. 9heavy
Part of speech
verb, adjective

Related words

沉默taciturn沉variant of 沉[chen2]沉重heavy沉迷to be engrossed沉浸to soak消沉to sink into despondency沉睡to be fast asleep沉没to sink沉溺(fig.) to indulge in; to wallow in (addiction, vice etc)沉溺variant of 沉溺[chen2 ni4]沉醉to become intoxicated沉闷oppressive (of weather)

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