沈
chénshěn HSK4

sink

沉 chén frequency
variant 沈
deeply nounadjective
To a deep degree; intensely; concentratedly (as in deep sleep or deep thought)
heavy adjective
Having great weight or feeling heavy and uncomfortable
to sink verb
To sink or submerge in water

他没有沉下去！

tā méi​yǒu chén xia qù!

He didn't sink!

to indulge verbadjective
(bound form) To be lost in or addicted to a habit or state
deep adjective
Deep; profound; the distance from the surface to the bottom is large
low-spirited adjective
(of mood, morale, etc.) low; depressed; downcast

每次我听到有人告诉我他们得到了这个建议，我的心沉了。

měi​cì wǒ tīng dào yǒu rén gào​sù wǒ tā​men dé dào le zhè​ge jiàn​yì, wǒ​de xīn chén le.

Every time I hear someone tell me they were given this advice, my heart sinks.

to lower verb
To lower one's voice or face; to keep down or suppress

当她听到这个坏消息时，她气得沉下脸来。

dāng tā tīng dào zhè​ge huài xiāo​xi shí, tā qì de chén xia liǎn lái.

Her face darkened with anger when she heard the bad news.

gloomy adjective
Dark or gloomy, typically describing the weather or someone's facial expression
to subside verb
To drop, fall, or settle to a lower level (such as the sun or a building foundation)
沈 shěn
Shen
(surname) the family name Shen
沈 chén
to sink
(variant) to sink; to submerge; deep or profound; now usually written as 沉 chén
沈 瀋 shěn
juice
(bound form) juice; liquid essence; often used in the phrase 墨沈 mò​shěn to describe ink that has not yet dried
Shenyang
Short name for the city of 沈阳 shěn​yáng in Liaoning province

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,681st most common 54.9 per million
Movie subtitles
3,651st most common 1.13 per million appears in 0% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
14.8 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
28.5 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Traditional
瀋
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+6C88

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)