沉
沈HSK 4freq #4077
Meanings
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- 1.variant of 沉[chén]
- 1.to submerge
- 2.to immerse
- 3.to sink
- 4.to keep down
- 5.to lower
- 6.to drop
- 7.deep
- 8.profound
- 9.heavy
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Wiktionary
- 1.to sink; to submerge (into water)
- 2.to fall; to sink; to subside
- 3.to settle; to make sink
- 4.to suppress; to stifle; to neglect
- 5.to be neglected
- 6.to indulge in; to be given to
- 7.to hide; to be hidden
- 8.heavy; weighty
- 9.dark; gloomy
- 10.deep; profound
- 11.long (duration); prolonged; lengthy
- 12.deeply; profoundly
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Etymology
Variant of 沈, see there for more. MSEA areal etymon: similar words exist in Austroasiatic, Kra-Dai, & Tibeto-Burman; yet those are difficult to match with potential OC relations (Schuessler, 2007). Possible allofams are 淫 (OC *lɯm), 瀋 (OC *l̥ʰjɯmʔ), 函 (OC *ɡuːm, *ɡruːm), & 湛 (OC *ʔl'uːm, *r'uːmʔ, *l'um) (ibid.).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
他们使10艘敌船沉了
They sank ten enemy ships.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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