下沉

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop
trad. (下沉)		下	沉
simp. #(下沉)		下	沉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ cam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hǎ-tîm / hā-tîm / hēe-tîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàchén
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-chʻên²
    • Yale: syà-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahchern
    • Palladius: сячэнь (sjačɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ cam⁴
    • Yale: hah chàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ tsam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ cem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² t͡sʰɐm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-tîm
    • Tâi-lô: hǎ-tîm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² tim²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-tîm
    • Tâi-lô: hā-tîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxdiim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ha²²⁻²¹ tim¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ tim²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-tîm
    • Tâi-lô: hēe-tîm
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ tim¹³/

Verb

下沉

1. (of a boat or ship) to sink
2. (of the ground) to subside, to cave in