shēn qiǎn

Traditional: 深淺

深浅 (shēn qiǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “deep or shallow; depth (of the sea); limits of decorum”.

Meanings

  1. 1deep or shallow
  2. 2depth (of the sea)
  3. 3limits of decorum

Characters in 深浅

深shēn · (lit. and fig.) deep浅jiān · sound of moving water

Related words

深(lit. and fig.) deep深old variant of 深[shen1]深刻profound深处abyss深入to penetrate deeply深深deep浅sound of moving water浅shallow深度depth深夜very late at night肤浅superficial; shallow深感to feel deeply

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