沉湎

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	drunk
trad. (沉湎)		沉	湎
simp. #(沉湎)		沉	湎
alternative forms		沈湎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénmiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ min⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénmiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénmiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-mien³
    • Yale: chén-myǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernmean
    • Palladius: чэньмянь (čɛnʹmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ min⁵
    • Yale: chàhm míhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ min⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ min⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ miːn¹³/

Verb

沉湎

1. (formal) to abandon oneself to; to indulge in; to be deeply engrossed in

Synonyms

• 入迷 (rùmí)
• 沉溺 (chénnì)
• 沉迷 (chénmí)
• 沉陷 (chénxiàn)
• 熱咬／热咬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 瘋魔／疯魔 (fēngmó)
• 眩著／眩着 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 著迷／着迷 (zháomí)
• 迷戀／迷恋 (míliàn)
• 醉 (zuì)
• 醉心 (zuìxīn)
• 陷入 (xiànrù)

 

Derived terms

• 沉湎淫逸