沉 (cam4 | chen2) : sink; submerged

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沉

cam4

chen2

[1] [v] sink; become submerged
[2] [v] lapse into; indulge in
[3] [adj] deep; heavy; profound

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

沉

Don't confuse with:
沈

This word has been viewed 12535 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Jul 2014 21:42

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吟沉 ngam4 cam4 = grumble, to mutter in a low voice; to talk incessantly 粵

吟吟沉沉 ngam4 ngam4 cam4 cam4 = grumble 粵

深沉 sam1 cam4 shen1 chen2 = deep

沉沒 cam4 mut6 chen2 mo4 = sunk; sink

沉默 cam4 mak6 chen2 mo4 = silence; silent; uncommunicative

沉靜 cam4 zing6 chen2 jing4 = calm; peaceful; quiet

沉重 cam4 zung6 chen2 zhong4 = heavy; serious; critical; hard

沉著 cam4 zoek6 chen2 zhuo2 = variant of 沉着國

沉着 cam4 zoek6 = calm and collected

沉痛 cam4 tung3 chen2 tong4 = bitter; resentful
See all 54 compounds (CantoDict reports 53 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 沉
Unicode code for this character: U+6c89 (off-site link)

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