"沉" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Prononciation
Mandarin chén; chēn
Entry Methods
Pinyin chen2; chen1
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EBHN
水月竹弓
Sijiao 3711.0
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CNS 11643 1-4A6A
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Unicode U+6C89
GB2312 B3C1
BIG5 A849
Results for 沉
 chén to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy
 chēn see 黑沉沉[hei1 chen1 chen1]
Results beginning with 沉
 chén mò taciturn / uncommunicative / silent
 chén zhòng heavy / hard / serious / critical
 chén sī to contemplate / to ponder / contemplation / meditation
 chén jìn to soak / to permeate / to immerse
 chén shuì to be fast asleep / (fig.) to lie dormant / to lie undiscovered
 chén yín to mutter to oneself irresolutely
 chén chén deeply / heavily
 chén diàn to settle / to precipitate (solid sediment out of a solution)
 chén jì silence / stillness
 chén mí to be engrossed / to be absorbed with / to lose oneself in / to be addicted to
 chén mèn oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled
 chén wěn steady / calm / unflustered
 chén zuì to become intoxicated
 chén jìng peaceful / quiet / calm / gentle
 chén lún to sink into (vice, depravity etc) / to pass into oblivion / downfall / passing
 chén mò to sink
 chén jī sediment / deposit / sedimentation (geology)
 chén fú lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes
 chén tòng grief / remorse / deep in sorrow / bitter (anguish) / profound (condolences)
 chén xiāng Chinese eaglewood / agarwood tree (Aquilaria agallocha) / lignum aloes
 chén nì to indulge in / to wallow / absorbed in / deeply engrossed / addicted
 chén chuán shipwreck / sunken boat / sinking ship
 chén jiàng to subside / to cave in / subsidence
 chén miǎn deeply immersed / fig. wallowing in / deeply engrossed in
 chén luò to sink / to fall
 chén xiàn subsidence / caving in / fig. stranded / lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc)
 chén zhuó steady / calm and collected / not nervous
 chén kē grave disease
 chén gù chronic illness / fig. deeply entrenched problem
 chén huǎn unhurried / deliberate
 chén jǐng open caisson
 chén léi deep growling thunder
 chén níng stagnant / congealed / fig. grave in manner / low (of voice)
 chén qián to lurk under water / to immerse oneself in (study etc) / to lie low / to keep a low profile / quiet / reserved / self-possessed
 chén suì deep and profound
 chén tán to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives)
 chén xiāng caisson / sink box
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 chén diàn diàn heavy
 chén jī wù sediment
 chén zhù qì to keep cool / to stay calm
 chén diàn wù precipitate / solid sediment
 chén diàn chí settling tank
 chén jī yán sedimentary rock (geology)
  settling tank
  settling tank
  downwelling
  sulphur deposition
  sedimentary apron / sediment apron / subsea apron / apron
  forearc / frontal arc / sedimentary arc
  sediment pile
  settling chamber
 chén jī dài sedimentary belt (geology)
 chén jī xiē sediment wedge / sedimentary wedge
 chén jī zhù sediment column / geologic column / stratigraphic column
 chén mò guǎ yán habitually silent (idiom) / reticent / uncommunicative
 chén yú luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
 chén jìng guǎ yán see 沉默寡言[chen2 mo4 gua3 yan2]
 chén miǎn jiǔ sè to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom) / overindulgence in wine and women / an incorrigible drunkard and lecher
  sedimentation
  sediment drift / sedimentary drift
  total deposition
  sedimentation rate
  settling time / sinking time
 chén bù zhù qì to lose one's cool / to get impatient / unable to remain calm
 chén chuán shì gù a shipwreck / a sinking
 chén de zhù qì to stay calm / to keep one's composure
 chén diàn zuò yòng sedimentation
 chén jī hòu duó sediment thickness
 chén jī pōu miàn sediment section / geologic section / stratigraphic section
 chén jī quē fá sediment starved / starved
 chén jī quē shī sedimentation lacuna
 chén jī yán xīn sediment core
 chén jī zuò yòng sedimentation (geology)
 chén mò chéng běn sunk cost (economics)
 chén mò chéng xù silence procedure
 chén mò shì jīn silence is golden (idiom)
 chén zhòng dǎ jī to hit hard
 chén zhuó yìng zhàn to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)
  sediment plume / plume
线 chén jī hòu duó xiàn one per cent sediment thickness line / Gardiner line / sediment thickness formula line / sediment thickness line
 chén diàn wù bǔ jí qì sediment trap
 chén jī hòu duó gōng shì sediment thickness formula / thickness formula / sediment thickness rule / T formula
 chén jī hòu duó guī zé sediment thickness formula / thickness formula / sediment thickness rule / T formula
 chén jī shèng yú cí huà depositional remanent magnetization / detrital remanent magnetization
线 chén jī yán děng hòu xiàn sediment isopach
 chén mò biǎo yì yuán zé estoppel by silence
  continuity of sediments
线 chén jī yán děng hòu xiàn tú sediment isopach map
  Convention on Wreck Removal and Related Issues
Approximate Results for 沉
 shēn chén deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched
 dī chén overcast / gloomy / downcast / deep and low (of sound) / muffled
 yīn chén gloomy
 xià chén to sink down
 xiāo chén depressed / bad mood / low spirit
 fú chén ups and downs (of life etc) / to drift along / to sink and emerge
 jī chén to attack and sink (a ship)
 hūn chén murky / dazed / befuddled / dizzy
 xuè chén erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
  fumigation (pollution)
 fān chén to capsize and sink
 jìn chén to soak / to steep
西 xī chén (of the sun) to set
 záo chén to scuttle (a ship)
 zì chén to scuttle (a ship) / to drown oneself
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 yīn chén chén dark (weather, mood)
 hēi chēn chēn pitch-black
  acid deposition
  thermal subsidence
湿  wet deposition
  dry deposition
 hēi chén chén pitch-black
 ruǎn chén jī soft sediments
 sǐ qì chén chén dead atmosphere / lifeless / spiritless
 pò fǔ chén zhōu lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats
 shí chén dà hǎi lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response
 hūn hūn chén chén dizzy
 yàn yǎo yú chén without news from sb (idiom)
 yú chén yàn yǎo lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom) / a letter does not arrive / lost in transmission
  subsidence
湿  wet deposition
  electrowinning
  slump / slumping
  vessel settlement / settlement
  Breaking the Silence
 bó mó chén jī thin-film
 gù zuò shēn chén to play the profound thinker
 jiāo cuò chén jī intertonguing
 jī yīn chén mò gene silencing
 suān xìng chén jī acid(ic) deposit(ion)
 xià chén shì chǎng the Chinese market, excluding first- and second-tier cities
 yǒu chén yǒu fú to have one's ups and downs
 zhé jǐ chén shā lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle / remnants of a disastrous defeat
  plume settling rate
  atmospheric input (of pollutants) / atmospheric fallout / atmospheric deposition
  epithermal deposit
 duàn liè hòu chén jī post-rift sediment
 duàn liè shí chén jī syn-rift sediment
 hǎi xiāng chén jī wù oceanic sediment (geology)
 hǎo jiǔ chén wèng dǐ lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom) / fig. the best is saved for last
 shí mò chén zhuó bìng silicosis (occupational disease of miners) / grinder's disease / also written 矽末病
 suì xiè chén jī wù clastic sediment
  depocentre
 fù yíng yǎng chén jī wù nutrient-laden sediment
 hóng xì bāo chén jiàng lu:4 erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
 hóng xì bāo shén jiàng lu:4 erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
 huà xué qì xiāng chén jī chemical vapour deposition
 xuè sè sù chén jī zhèng hemochromatosis
  right to remain silent
  radioactive fallout / fallout
 mǐ dé ěr wǎ lì chén diàn Middle Valley deposit
 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ chén dà chuán A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship.
 běi jí hǎi yáng chén jī céng hòu duó xiàng mù Marine Arctic Sediment Thickness project / MAST project
  acid funk
  Integrated Monitoring Programme on the Acidification of Chinese Terrestrial Systems
  Fallout Radioactivity Monitoring in Environment and Food
  area of militarily significant radioactive fallout
  International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water and Sediments
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