沉

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 它沉了。

  Tā chén le

  It sank.

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• 这床很沉。

  Zhè chuáng hěn chén

  This bed is heavy.

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• 我一整天都觉得很消沉。

  Wǒ yī zhěng tiān dōu jué de hěn xiāo chén

  I was feeling blue all day.

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• 我们保持了沉默。

  Wǒ men bǎo chí le chén mò

  We kept quiet.

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Words containing 沉

• 沉默chén mò 2–4 taciturn; uncommunicative; silent
• 沉chén 2to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy
• 沉重chén zhòng 2–4 heavy; hard; serious; critical
• 沉思chén sī 2–1 to contemplate; to ponder; contemplation; meditation
• 深沉shēn chén 1–2 deep; profound; (of a person) reserved; undemonstrative; (of a voice, sound etc) deep; low-pitched
• 沉着chén zhuó 2–2 steady; calm and collected; not nervous
• 沉闷chén mèn 2–4 oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy; (of sound) dull; muffled
• 沉淀chén diàn 2–4 to settle; to precipitate; sedimentation
• 沉浸chén jìn 2–4 to soak; to permeate; to immerse
• 沉迷chén mí 2–2 to be engrossed; to be absorbed with; to lose oneself in; to be addicted to
• 消沉xiāo chén 1–2 depressed; bad mood; low spirit
• 沉稳chén wěn 2–3 steady; calm; unflustered