沉
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to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy
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Dict coverage rank #898 U+6C89
How 沉 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
An excessive 冗 amount of water 氵
How to remember it
profound · Heisig RSH #319
水 water + 冗 superfluous
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 沉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 … |
| 下沉市场 | xià chén shì chǎng | the Chinese market, excluding first- and second-tier cities |
| 海相沉积物 | hǎi xiāng chén jī wù | oceanic sediment (geology) |
| 沉不住气 | chén bù zhù qì | to lose one's cool; to get impatient; unable to remain calm |
| 沉重打击 | chén zhòng dǎ jī | to hit hard |
| 血色素沉积症 | xuè sè sù chén jī zhèng | hemochromatosis |
| 沉没成本 | chén mò chéng běn | sunk cost (economics) |
| 沉得住气 | chén de zhù qì | to stay calm; to keep one's composure |
| 沉着应战 | chén zhuó yìng zhàn | to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom) |
| 沉积作用 | chén jī zuò yòng | sedimentation (geology) |
| 有沉有浮 | yǒu chén yǒu fú | to have one's ups and downs |
| 自沉 | zì chén | to scuttle (a ship); to drown oneself |
| 西沉 | xī chén | (of the sun) to set |
| 下沉 | xià chén | to sink down |
| 沉重 | chén zhòng | heavy; hard; serious; critical |
| 死气沉沉 | sǐ qì chén chén | dead atmosphere; lifeless; spiritless |
| 沉积物 | chén jī wù | sediment |
| 沉住气 | chén zhù qì | to keep cool; to stay calm |
| 沉船事故 | chén chuán shì gù | a shipwreck; a sinking |
| 故作深沉 | gù zuò shēn chén | to play the profound thinker |