heavy; hard; serious; critical

variant of 沉[chen2]

to be fast asleep; (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered

to soak; to permeate; to immerse

to sink down

to sink

to be engrossed; to be absorbed with; to lose oneself in; to be addicted to

to sink into despondency; (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet

to attack and sink (a ship)

oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy; (of sound) dull; muffled

to contemplate; to ponder; contemplation; meditation

shipwreck; sunken boat; sinking ship

deep; profound; (of a person) reserved; undemonstrative; (of a voice, sound etc) deep; low-pitched

(of weather) overcast; gloomy; (of a voice) low and deep; low-spirited; downcast

to become intoxicated

to sink into (vice, depravity etc); to pass into oblivion; downfall; passing

steady; calm and collected; not nervous

gloomy

silence; stillness

dead atmosphere; lifeless; spiritless

habitually silent (idiom); reticent; uncommunicative

grief; remorse; deep in sorrow; bitter (anguish); profound (condolences)

variant of 沉溺[chen2 ni4]

to scuttle (a ship)

murky; dazed; befuddled; dizzy

open caisson

stagnant; congealed; fig. grave in manner; low (of voice)

to mutter to oneself irresolutely

deeply; heavily

lit. sinking and floating; to bob up and down on water; ebb and flow; fig. rise and fall; ups and downs of fortune; vicissitudes

variant of 沉澱|沉淀[chen2 dian4]

(literary) to wallow in; to indulge in; to be deeply engrossed in

to lurk under water; to immerse oneself in (study etc); to lie low; to keep a low profile; quiet; reserved; self-possessed

to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives)

chronic illness; (fig.) deep-rooted problem; longstanding issue

chronic illness; fig. deeply entrenched problem

sediment; deposit; sedimentation (geology)

steady; calm; unflustered

caisson; sink box

unhurried; deliberate

to sink; to fall

deep and profound

melancholy; gloomy

to subside; to cave in; subsidence

to sink; to cave in; (of a building etc) to subside; (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc)

deep growling thunder

peaceful; quiet; calm; gentle

Chinese eaglewood; agarwood tree; lignum aloes (Aquilaria agallocha)

ups and downs (of life etc); to drift along; to sink and emerge