沉澱

See also: 沉淀

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	sediment; precipitate
trad. (沉澱)		沉	澱
simp. (沉淀)		沉	淀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéndiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ din⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tîm-tiān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéndiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéndiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-tien⁴
    • Yale: chén-dyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherndiann
    • Palladius: чэньдянь (čɛnʹdjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ din⁶
    • Yale: chàhm dihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ din⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ din⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ tiːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-tiān
    • Tâi-lô: tîm-tiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dimdien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tim²⁴⁻²² tiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tim¹³⁻²² tiɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tim²⁴⁻²² tiɛn⁴¹/

Verb

沉澱

1. to leave sediment
2. to precipitate
3. (of ideas, emotions) to gather in the mind

Noun

沉澱

1. sediment; grounds; residue
2. precipitation

Derived terms

• 沉澱物 / 沉淀物 (chéndiànwù)