耳沉

Chinese

		ear	submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop
trad. (耳沉)		耳	沉
simp. #(耳沉)		耳	沉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ěrchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ cam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěrchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěrchén
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³-chʻên²
    • Yale: ěr-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelchern
    • Palladius: эрчэнь (erčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ cam⁴
    • Yale: yíh chàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ tsam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ cem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ t͡sʰɐm²¹/

Adjective

耳沉

1. (colloquial) hard of hearing

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 耳背 (“hard of hearing”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		重聽
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	耳背
	Taiwan	耳背
	Chengde	耳朵沉
	Chifeng	耳背, 耳朵沉
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	耳背, 耳聾
	Heihe	耳背, 耳聾
	Qiqihar	耳背
	Harbin	耳背, 耳沉, 耳朵沉
	Jiamusi	耳背, 耳朵沉
	Baicheng	耳朵背, 耳朵沉
	Changchun	耳頭背
	Tonghua	耳背
	Shenyang	耳背, 耳朵沉
	Jinzhou	耳背, 耳朵沉
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	耳背
	Tangshan	耳頭背
	Cangzhou	耳背
	Baoding	耳背
	Shijiazhuang	聾得
	Lijin	耳朵背, 耳朵沉
	Jinan	耳朵背, 耳朵沉
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	耳朵背
	Dandong	耳背, 耳朵沉
	Yantai	耳朵背, 耳朵聾
	Qingdao	耳背, 耳朵聾, 耳沉
	Zhucheng	耳背
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	耳朵沉
	Jining	耳朵聾
	Linfen	耳朵背
	Shangqiu	耳背, 耳聾
	Yuanyang	耳朵沉
	Zhengzhou	耳背
	Xinyang	耳背
	Baihe	耳背
	Xi'an	耳背, 耳朵沉
	Baoji	耳背
	Tianshui	耳背, 耳朵聾
	Xining	耳背
	Xuzhou	耳背, 耳沉, 耳朵沉, 耳朵背
	Fuyang	耳背
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	耳背
	Lanzhou	耳背, 耳朵沉
	Dunhuang	耳朵背
	Hami	耳背
	Ürümqi	耳背
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	耳朵背
	Nanchong	耳朵背
	Dazhou	耳朵背
	Hanyuan	耳背
	Xichang	耳背
	Zigong	耳朵背
	Chongqing	耳朵背, 耳朵聾
	Wuhan	耳朵聾
	Yichang	耳背, 背氣
	Xiangyang	耳朵背
	Tianmen	耳聾
	Guiyang	耳朵背
	Zunyi	耳朵背
	Bijie	耳朵背
	Liping	耳背
	Zhaotong	耳朵背
	Dali	耳背, 耳聾
	Kunming	耳背, 耳朵背
	Mengzi	耳朵背
	Guilin	耳背
	Liuzhou	耳背
	Jishou	耳背
	Changde	耳朵背
	Hanzhong	耳背, 耳聾
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	耳朵背
	Yangzhou	耳朵背, 耳頭背氣
	Lianyungang	耳背, 耳朵沉, 耳朵聾
	Lianshui	耳頭背
	Nantong	背氣, 耳朵背氣
	Anqing	耳背
	Wuhu	耳朵聾
	Hefei	背音
	Hong'an	耳背
Cantonese	Guangzhou	耳背
	Hong Kong	撞聾, 耳背
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	耳背
	Macau	耳背
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	耳背
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	耳背
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	撞聾
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	耳背
	Foshan	耳背
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	耳背, 撞聾
	Foshan (Shunde)	耳背
	Foshan (Sanshui)	耳背
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	耳背
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	耳聾
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	耳背
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	耳背
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	耳背
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	耳背
	Taishan	耳背
	Kaiping (Chikan)	耳背
	Enping (Niujiang)	耳背
	Heshan (Yayao)	耳背
	Dongguan	耳吉背, 撞聾
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	聾
Gan	Lichuan	耳背
Hakka	Meixian	耳背
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	耳聾
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	耳背
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	耳背
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	大聽耳
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	耳聾
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	耳背背仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	耳背背, 耳背背仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	耳背背
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	耳背背
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	耳背背
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	背耳
Huizhou	Shexian	耳朵聾
Jin	Taiyuan	耳背
	Yangyuan	耳背, 耳朵沉
	Datong	耳背
	Xinzhou	耳背
	Lüliang (Lishi)	耳背
	Changzhi	耳背
	Linhe	耳背
	Jining	耳聾
	Hohhot	耳背
	Erenhot	耳背
	Pingshan	耳朵背
	Zhangjiakou	耳背, 耳沉, 耳聾
	Handan	耳背, 耳朵沉
	Linzhou	耳背
	Suide	耳背
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	耳蕪
Southern Min	Xiamen	重耳, 耳空重
	Quanzhou	重耳, 耳空重
	Jinjiang	耳重
	Zhangzhou	重耳, 耳空重
	Tainan	耳空重
	Jieyang	耳重
	Leizhou	耳重
	Haikou	耳重
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	撞聾
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	耳朵聾
	Suzhou	耳朵聾
	Danyang	耳背
	Hangzhou	耳朵聾
Xiang	Changsha	耳背