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

---

• 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

• 沉溺 (chénnì)