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chén
HSK 4freq #4077

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chén
  1. 1.variant of 沉[chén]
chén
  1. 1.to submerge
  2. 2.to immerse
  3. 3.to sink
  4. 4.to keep down
  5. 5.to lower
  6. 6.to drop
  7. 7.deep
  8. 8.profound
  9. 9.heavy

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to sink; to submerge (into water)
  2. 2.to fall; to sink; to subside
  3. 3.to settle; to make sink
  4. 4.to suppress; to stifle; to neglect
  5. 5.to be neglected
  6. 6.to indulge in; to be given to
  7. 7.to hide; to be hidden
  8. 8.heavy; weighty
  9. 9.dark; gloomy
  10. 10.deep; profound
  11. 11.long (duration); prolonged; lengthy
  12. 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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