沈没

See also: 沈沒

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 沈没 – see 沉沒 (“to sink”). (This term is the simplified form of 沈沒, which is in turn a variant form of 沉沒).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
沈	没
ちん Grade: S	ぼつ Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちんぼつ [chìńbótsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕĩmbo̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

沈(ちん)没(ぼつ) • (chinbotsu) 

1. sinking (of a ship etc.)

Verb

沈(ちん)没(ぼつ)する • (chinbotsu suru) suru (stem 沈(ちん)没(ぼつ)し (chinbotsu shi), past 沈(ちん)没(ぼつ)した (chinbotsu shita))

1. sink, founder

Conjugation

Conjugation of "沈没する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	沈没し	ちんぼつし	chinbotsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	沈没し	ちんぼつし	chinbotsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	沈没する	ちんぼつする	chinbotsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	沈没する	ちんぼつする	chinbotsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	沈没すれ	ちんぼつすれ	chinbotsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	沈没せよ¹ 沈没しろ²	ちんぼつせよ¹ ちんぼつしろ²	chinbotsu seyo¹ chinbotsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	沈没される	ちんぼつされる	chinbotsu sareru
Causative	沈没させる 沈没さす	ちんぼつさせる ちんぼつさす	chinbotsu saseru chinbotsu sasu
Potential	沈没できる	ちんぼつできる	chinbotsu dekiru
Volitional	沈没しよう	ちんぼつしよう	chinbotsu shiyō
Negative	沈没しない	ちんぼつしない	chinbotsu shinai
Negative continuative	沈没せず	ちんぼつせず	chinbotsu sezu
Formal	沈没します	ちんぼつします	chinbotsu shimasu
Perfective	沈没した	ちんぼつした	chinbotsu shita
Conjunctive	沈没して	ちんぼつして	chinbotsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	沈没すれば	ちんぼつすれば	chinbotsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative