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On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

chén ㄔㄣˊ

    • to submerge
    • to immerse
    • to sink
    • to keep down
    • to lower
    • to drop
    • deep
    • profound
    • heavy

Other words read chén

In the same tone

  • 臣 chén I, your servant
  • 陈 chén exhibit
  • 宸 chén imperial apartments
  • 尘 chén dust
  • 辰 chén 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon

All 13 words read chén

chen with other tones

  • 称 chèn fit
  • 趁 chèn avail oneself of
  • 琛 chēn precious stone
  • 嗔 chēn be angry at
  • 衬 chèn against the skin

All 29 words read chen in any tone

Other words read chén

In the same tone

  • 臣 chén I, your servant
  • 陳 chén exhibit
  • 宸 chén imperial apartments
  • 塵 chén dust
  • 辰 chén 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon

All 13 words read chén

chen with other tones

  • 稱 chèn fit
  • 趁 chèn avail oneself of
  • 琛 chēn precious stone
  • 嗔 chēn be angry at
  • 襯 chèn against the skin

All 29 words read chen in any tone

How 沉 is written

    部首 radical
    氵 a form of 水
    笔画 strokes
    7, with 4 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    氵冗

    Easy to confuse with 沉

    Words with 沉

    Starting with 沉

    • 沉重 chénzhòng heavy
    • 沉默 chénmò taciturn
    • 沉吟 chényín mutter to oneself irresolutely
    • 沉积 chénjī sediment
    • 沉思 chénsī contemplate

    All 56 words starting with 沉

    Ending with 沉

    All 21 words ending with 沉

    Containing 沉

    • 破釜沉舟 pòfǔchénzhōu burn one's boats
    • 石沉大海 shíchéndàhǎi lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea
    • 折戟沉沙 zhéjǐchénshā lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand
    • 鱼沉雁杳 yúchényànyǎo have lost contact
    • 下沉市场 xiàchénshìchǎng Chinese market, excluding first- and second-tier cities

    All 11 words containing 沉

    Words with 沉

    Starting with 沉

    • 沉重 chénzhòng heavy
    • 沉默 chénmò taciturn
    • 沉吟 chényín mutter to oneself irresolutely
    • 沉積 chénjī sediment
    • 沉思 chénsī contemplate

    All 56 words starting with 沉

    Ending with 沉

    All 21 words ending with 沉

    Containing 沉

    • 破釜沉舟 pòfǔchénzhōu burn one's boats
    • 石沉大海 shíchéndàhǎi lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea
    • 折戟沉沙 zhéjǐchénshā lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand
    • 魚沉雁杳 yúchényànyǎo have lost contact
    • 下沉市場 xiàchénshìchǎng Chinese market, excluding first- and second-tier cities

    All 11 words containing 沉

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