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Home / Vocabulary / Chinese / HSK 5 / 沉

沉

Pinyin: chén

to submerge; deep; to immerse; to sink

🏮 Chinese HSK 5 verbadjective

Example sentence

它沉了。

Tā chén le.

It sank.

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What 沉 means

沉 (chén) is a Chinese word meaning “to submerge; deep; to immerse; to sink”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

More HSK 5 words

HSK 5
哎 āi hey! 哎呀 āiyā interjection of wonder, shock or admiration 唉 ài alas; oh dear 爱护 àihù to cherish; to treasure; to take care of; to love and protect 安 ān (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; to install; to fix; to fit 安全带 ānquándài seat belt; safety belt 安慰 ānwèi to comfort; to console 安装 ānzhuāng to install; to erect; to fix; to mount 暗 àn dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant 熬夜 áoyè to stay up late or all night 把握 bǎwò to grasp (also fig.); assurance; to seize; to hold 白 bái white; in vain; free of charge; (bound form) vernacular (e.g. 白話|白话[bai2 hua4])
Previous word 彻底 — thorough; thoroughly; complete Next word 沉默 — taciturn; uncommunicative; silent

Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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