"Sink" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 水池 | shuǐ chí | pond / pool / sink / washbasin |  |
| 沉没 | chén mò | to sink |  |
| 落水 | luò shuǐ | to fall into water / to sink / overboard / fig. to degenerate / to sink (into depravity) / to go to the dogs | |
| 塌陷 | tā xiàn | to subside / to sink / to cave in | |
| 水槽 | shuǐ cáo | sink | |
| 沉落 | chén luò | to sink / to fall | |
| 沉 |  chén | to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy | |
| 陷 | xiàn | pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect | |
| 沦 | lún | to sink (into ruin, oblivion) / to be reduced to | |
| 低陷 | dī xiàn | to sink / to settle | |
| 洗涤槽 | xǐ dí cáo | washing tank / sink | |
| 洗脸台 | xǐ liǎn tái | commode / dressing table / sink | |
| 沦没 | lún mò | to sink / to drown | |
| 陷入 | xiàn rù | to sink into / to get caught up in / to land in (a predicament) | |
| 沦为 | lún wéi | to sink down to / to be reduced to (sth inferior) | |
| 沉沦 | chén lún | to sink into (vice, depravity etc) / to pass into oblivion / downfall / passing | |
| 落脚 | luò jiǎo | to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers | |
| 下沉 | xià chén | to sink down | |
| 跪倒 | guì dǎo | to kneel down / to sink to one's knees / to grovel | |
| 散热片 | sàn rè piàn | heat sink | |
| 浮沉 | fú chén | ups and downs (of life etc) / to drift along / to sink and emerge | |
| 击沉 | jī chén | to attack and sink (a ship) | |
| 破釜沉舟 | 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 | |
| 石沉大海 | shí chén dà hǎi | lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response | |
| 沉鱼落雁 | 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 | |
| 洗手盆 | xǐ shǒu pén | bathroom sink / wash basin | |
| 洗手池 | xǐ shǒu chí | bathroom sink / wash basin | |
| 落 | luò | to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement | |
| 眍 | kōu | to sink in (of eyes) | |
| 吸碳存 | xī tàn cún | carbon sink | |
| 小洞不堵沉大船 | xiǎo dòng bù dǔ chén dà chuán | A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship. | |
| 沉潭 | chén tán | to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives) | |
| 沉箱 | chén xiāng | caisson / sink box | |
| 洗碗池 | xǐ wǎn chí | kitchen sink | |
| 流理台 | liú lǐ tái | kitchen counter (generally including sink, food preparation area and gas range) (Tw) | |
| 碳汇 | tàn huì | carbon credits / carbon sink | |
| 翻沉 | fān chén | to capsize and sink | |
| 臭氧吸收汇 | ozone sink | | |
| 生态系统容污能力 | shēng tài xì tǒng róng wū néng lì | sink capacity of an ecosystem | |
| 热汇 | rè huì | heat sink | |
| 消散因素 | sink factors | | |
| 氧吸收汇 | yǎng xī shōu huì | oxygen sink | |
| 以生物量为基础的碳汇 | biomass-based carbon sink | | |
| 氮吸收汇 | dàn xī shōu huì | nitrogen sink / nitrogen oxide sink / NOx sink | |
| 能阱 | néng jǐng | energy sink | |
| 能源吸收汇 | néng yuán xī shōu huì | energy sink | |
| 氯的吸收汇 | chlorine sink | | |
| 亚甲基井 | yà jiǎ jī jǐng | methane sink | |
| 温室气体吸收汇 | wēn shì qì tǐ xī shōu huì | sink of greenhouse gases | |
| 落水洞 | sink hole | | |
| 眍䁖 | kōu lou | to sink in (of eyes) | |
| 一条绳上的蚂蚱 | yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha | lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together | |
| 泯没 | mǐn mò | to sink into oblivion / to be lost to memory / to vanish | |
| 水能载舟，亦能覆舟 | shuǐ néng zài zhōu , yì néng fù zhōu | lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb) / fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it / if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm / things can be double-edged | |
