沉潭

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	deep; deep pool; pit
trad. (沉潭)		沉	潭
simp. #(沉潭)		沉	潭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéntán

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ taam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéntán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéntán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-tʻan²
    • Yale: chén-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherntarn
    • Palladius: чэньтань (čɛnʹtanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ taam⁴
    • Yale: chàhm tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ tʰaːm²¹/

Verb

沉潭

1. (historical) to tie someone to a rock and drown them (as a torture in ancient China)