沉沉

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop
trad. (沉沉)		沉	沉
simp. #(沉沉)		沉	沉
alternative forms		沈沈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ cam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénchén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-chʻên²
    • Yale: chén-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernchern
    • Palladius: чэньчэнь (čɛnʹčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ cam⁴
    • Yale: chàhm chàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ tsam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ cem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ t͡sʰɐm²¹/

Adjective

沉沉

1. heavy; hanging
2. deep

Synonyms

• (deep): 深沉 (shēnchén), (literary) 湛深 (zhànshēn)

Derived terms

• 悶沉沉 / 闷沉沉
• 昏昏沉沉
• 暮氣沉沉 / 暮气沉沉
• 死氣沉沉 / 死气沉沉 (sǐqìchénchén)
• 碧沉沉
• 陰氣沉沉 / 阴气沉沉
• 陰沉沉 / 阴沉沉
• 陰陰沉沉 / 阴阴沉沉
• 鬱沉沉 / 郁沉沉
• 魚雁沉沉 / 鱼雁沉沉
• 黑沉沉