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沉

沈
chén
HSK 4freq #4077

Meanings

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chén
  1. 1.variant of 沉[chén]
Shěn
  1. 1.short name for 沈阳[Shěn yáng]
Shěn
  1. 1.surname Shen
shěn
  1. 1.(literary) juice

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.ritual sacrifice in which animals are submerged in water
  2. 2.put poison in liquid
  3. 3.sixty-fourth tetragram of the Taixuanjing, "sinking" (𝍅)
  4. 4.Shen, a state during the Zhou dynasty and located in modern-day Henan
  5. 5.a surname
  6. 6.only used in 沈沈
  7. 7.to sink; to submerge (into water)
  8. 8.to fall; to sink; to subside
  9. 9.to settle; to make sink
  10. 10.to suppress; to stifle; to neglect
  11. 11.to be neglected
  12. 12.to indulge in; to be given to
  13. 13.to hide; to be hidden
  14. 14.heavy; weighty
  15. 15.dark; gloomy
  16. 16.deep; profound
  17. 17.long (duration); prolonged; lengthy
  18. 18.deeply; profoundly
  19. 19.to sprinkle (powder)

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Etymology

Variant of 沈, see there for more. MSEA areal etymon: similar words exist in Austroasiatic, Kra-Dai, & Tibeto-Burman; yet those are difficult to match with potential OC relations (Schuessler, 2007). Possible allofams are 淫 (OC *lɯm), 瀋 (OC *l̥ʰjɯmʔ), 函 (OC *ɡuːm, *ɡruːm), & 湛 (OC *ʔl'uːm, *r'uːmʔ, *l'um) (ibid.).

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Stroke order

Components

沈氵冘

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Synonyms

重熟死實淰

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Derived terms

沈冤沈凝沈勇沈吟沈寂沈思沈悶沈沒沈沈沈浮沈浸沈淪沈湎沈溺沈澱沈痛沈睡沈積沈穩沈著沈迷沈醉沈重沈靜沈香沈鬱沈默浮沈消沈深沈

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Related words

沈阳 see 沈阳市[Shěn yáng Shì]沈约 Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋书沈莹 Shen Ying of Wu, governor (268-280) of coastal province of Wu and compiler of Seaboard Geographic Gazetteer 临海水土志沈括 Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 梦溪笔谈[Mèng Xī Bǐ tán]沈河 see 沈河区[Shěn hé Qū]沈复 Shen Fu (1763-c. 1810), Qing dynasty writer, author of Six Records of a Floating Life 浮生六记[Fú Shēng Liù Jì]沈丘 see 沈丘县[Shěn qiū Xiàn]沈北 see 沈北新区[Shěn běi Xīn qū]沈从文 Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist沈葆桢 Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政学堂[Chuán zhèng Xué táng] in 1866沈丘县 Shenqiu, a county in Zhoukou City 周口市[Zhōu kǒu Shì], Henan沈国放 Shen Guofang (1952-), PRC assistant minister of foreign affairs (2003-2005)