沉滓

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	dregs; sediment
trad. (沉滓)		沉	滓
simp. #(沉滓)		沉	滓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: chén-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherntzyy
    • Palladius: чэньцзы (čɛnʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ zi²
    • Yale: chàhm jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

沉滓

1. (literally) dregs; residue; dross
2. (figuratively) dregs of society