| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 沉 | 沉 | chēn | - see 黑沉沉[hei1 chen1 chen1] |
| 沉 | 沉 | chén | - to submerge - to immerse - to sink - to keep down - to lower - to drop - deep - profound - heavy |
| 下沉 | 下沉 | xiàchén | - to sink down |
| 低沉 | 低沉 | dīchén | - overcast - gloomy - downcast - deep and low (of sound) - muffled |
| 击沉 | 擊沉 | jīchén | - to attack and sink (a ship) |
| 昏沉 | 昏沉 | hūnchén | - murky - dazed - befuddled - dizzy |
| 沉凝 | 沉凝 | chénníng | - stagnant - congealed - fig. grave in manner - low (of voice) |
| 沉吟 | 沉吟 | chényín | - to mutter to oneself irresolutely |
| 沉寂 | 沉寂 | chénjì | - silence - stillness |
| 沉思 | 沉思 | chénsī | - to contemplate - to ponder - contemplation - meditation |
| 沉闷 | 沉悶 | chénmèn | - oppressive (of weather) - heavy - depressed - not happy - (of sound) dull - muffled |
| 沉沉 | 沉沉 | chénchén | - deeply - heavily |
| 沉没 | 沉沒 | chénmò | - to sink |
| 沉浮 | 沉浮 | chénfú | - lit. sinking and floating - to bob up and down on water - ebb and flow - fig. rise and fall - ups and downs of fortune - vicissitudes |
| 沉浸 | 沉浸 | chénjìn | - to soak - to permeate - to immerse |
| 沉沦 | 沉淪 | chénlún | - to sink into (vice, depravity etc) - to pass into oblivion - downfall - passing |
| 沉湎 | 沉湎 | chénmiǎn | - deeply immersed - fig. wallowing in - deeply engrossed in |
| 沉溺 | 沉溺 | chénnì | - to indulge in - to wallow - absorbed in - deeply engrossed - addicted |
| 沉潭 | 沉潭 | chéntán | - drowning sb tied to a rock (as a form of torture) |
| 沉淀 | 沉澱 | chéndiàn | - to settle - to precipitate (solid sediment out of a solution) |
| 沉痛 | 沉痛 | chéntòng | - grief - remorse - deep in sorrow - bitter (anguish) - profound (condolences) |
| 沉痼 | 沉痼 | chéngù | - chronic illness - fig. deeply entrenched problem |
| 沉疴 | 沉痾 | chénkē | - grave disease |
| 沉睡 | 沉睡 | chénshuì | - to be fast asleep - (fig.) to lie dormant - to lie undiscovered |
| 沉积 | 沉積 | chénjī | - sediment - deposit - sedimentation (geology) |
| 沉稳 | 沉穩 | chénwěn | - steady - calm - unflustered |
| 沉箱 | 沉箱 | chénxiāng | - caisson - sink box |
| 沉缓 | 沉緩 | chénhuǎn | - unhurried - deliberate |
| 沉船 | 沉船 | chénchuán | - shipwreck - sunken boat - sinking ship |
| 沉落 | 沉落 | chénluò | - to sink - to fall |
| 沉着 | 沉著 | chénzhuó | - steady - calm and collected - not nervous |
| 沉迷 | 沉迷 | chénmí | - to be engrossed - to be absorbed with - to lose oneself in - to be addicted to |
| 沉邃 | 沉邃 | chénsuì | - deep and profound |
| 沉醉 | 沉醉 | chénzuì | - to become intoxicated |
| 沉重 | 沉重 | chénzhòng | - heavy - hard - serious - critical |
| 沉降 | 沉降 | chénjiàng | - to subside - to cave in - subsidence |
| 沉陷 | 沉陷 | chénxiàn | - subsidence - caving in - fig. stranded - lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc) |
| 沉雷 | 沉雷 | chénléi | - deep growling thunder |
| 沉静 | 沉靜 | chénjìng | - peaceful - quiet - calm - gentle |
| 沉香 | 沉香 | chénxiāng | - Chinese eaglewood - agarwood tree (Aquilaria agallocha) - lignum aloes |
| 沉默 | 沉默 | chénmò | - taciturn - uncommunicative - silent |
| 浮沉 | 浮沉 | fúchén | - ups and downs (of life etc) - to drift along - to sink and emerge |
| 浸沉 | 浸沉 | jìnchén | - to soak - to steep |
| 消沉 | 消沉 | xiāochén | - depressed - bad mood - low spirit |
| 深沉 | 深沉 | shēnchén | - deep - profound - (of a person) reserved - undemonstrative - (of a voice, sound etc) deep - low-pitched |
| 翻沉 | 翻沉 | fānchén | - to capsize and sink |
| 血沉 | 血沉 | xuèchén | - erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) |
| 西沉 | 西沉 | xīchén | - (of the sun) to set |
| 阴沉 | 陰沉 | yīnchén | - gloomy |
| 沉住气 | 沉住氣 | chénzhùqì | - to keep cool - to stay calm |
| 沉淀物 | 沉澱物 | chéndiànwù | - precipitate - solid sediment |
| 沉甸甸 | 沉甸甸 | chéndiàndiàn | - heavy |
| 沉积岩 | 沉積岩 | chénjīyán | - sedimentary rock (geology) |
| 沉积带 | 沉積帶 | chénjīdài | - sedimentary belt (geology) |
| 沉积物 | 沉積物 | chénjīwù | - sediment |
| 阴沉沉 | 陰沉沉 | yīnchénchén | - dark (weather, mood) |
| 黑沉沉 | 黑沉沉 | hēichēnchēn | - pitch-black |
| 故作深沉 | 故作深沉 | gùzuòshēnchén | - to play the profound thinker |
| 昏昏沉沉 | 昏昏沉沉 | hūnhūnchénchén | - dizzy |
| 有沉有浮 | 有沉有浮 | yǒuchényǒufú | - to have one's ups and downs |
| 死气沉沉 | 死氣沉沉 | sǐqìchénchén | - dead atmosphere - lifeless - spiritless |
| 沉不住气 | 沉不住氣 | chénbùzhùqì | - to lose one's cool - to get impatient - unable to remain calm |
| 沉得住气 | 沉得住氣 | chéndezhùqì | - to stay calm - to keep one's composure |
| 沉没成本 | 沉沒成本 | chénmòchéngběn | - sunk cost (economics) |
| 沉湎酒色 | 沉湎酒色 | chénmiǎnjiǔsè | - to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom); over-indulgence in wine and women - an incorrigible drunkard and lecher |
| 沉积作用 | 沉積作用 | chénjīzuòyòng | - sedimentation (geology) |
| 沉船事故 | 沉船事故 | chénchuánshìgù | - a shipwreck - a sinking |
| 沉着应战 | 沉著應戰 | chénzhuóyìngzhàn | - to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom) |
| 沉重打击 | 沉重打擊 | chénzhòngdǎjī | - to hit hard |
| 沉静寡言 | 沉靜寡言 | chénjìngguǎyán | - see 沉默寡言[chen2 mo4 gua3 yan2] |
| 沉鱼落雁 | 沉魚落雁 | chényúluòyàn | - lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts |
| 沉默寡言 | 沉默寡言 | chénmòguǎyán | - habitually silent (idiom) - reticent - uncommunicative |
| 沉默是金 | 沉默是金 | chénmòshìjīn | - Silence is golden. (idiom) |
| 石沉大海 | 石沉大海 | shíchéndàhǎi | - lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) - fig. to elicit no response |
| 破釜沉舟 | 破釜沉舟 | pòfǔchénzhōu | - lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat - to burn one's boats |
| 雁杳鱼沉 | 雁杳魚沈 | yànyǎoyúchén | - without news from sb (idiom) |
| 鱼沉雁杳 | 魚沉雁杳 | yúchényànyǎo | - lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom); a letter does not arrive - lost in transmission |
| 好酒沉瓮底 | 好酒沉甕底 | hǎojiǔchénwèngdǐ | - lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom) - fig. the best is saved for last |
| 海相沉积物 | 海相沉積物 | hǎixiāngchénjīwù | - oceanic sediment (geology) |
| 石末沉着病 | 石末沉著病 | shímòchénzhuóbìng | - silicosis (occupational disease of miners) - grinder's disease - also written 矽末病 |
| 碎屑沉积物 | 碎屑沉積物 | suìxièchénjīwù | - clastic sediment |
| 红细胞沉降率 | 紅細胞沉降率 | hóngxìbāoshénjiànglǜ | - erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) |
| 血色素沉积症 | 血色素沉積症 | xuèsèsùchénjīzhèng | - hemochromatosis |
| 小洞不堵沉大船 | 小洞不堵沉大船 | xiǎodòngbùdǔchéndàchuán | - A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship. |
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