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IDENTITY

chénto sink; deep; heavy

HSK 5Top 700

CORE MEANING

to sink; deep; heavy

Part of speech
verb
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.to sinkHSK5
  2. 2.deep; heavyHSK6

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
water radical (shuǐ)
strokes
7
Structure
left-right compound
IDS sequence
⿰氵冗
    • water
    • gives the sound chén (historical)

USAGE

Common words

沉默chénmòsilent
沉重chénzhòngheavy
下沉xiàchénto sink

Graded examples

  • 他沉默了很长时间。Tā chénmò le hěn cháng shíjiān.HSK5

    He stayed silent for a long time.

RELATIONS

In these chengyu

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

Water (氵) bearing down (冗) — sinking, heavy. (From 沈.)

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#700
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

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AI-assisted editorial review
Last reviewed
2026-08-15

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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