沉醉

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	intoxicated
trad. (沉醉)		沉	醉
simp. #(沉醉)		沉	醉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénzuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ zeoi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tîm-chùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénzuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénzuèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-tsui⁴
    • Yale: chén-dzwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherntzuey
    • Palladius: чэньцзуй (čɛnʹczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ zeoi³
    • Yale: chàhm jeui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ dzoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ zêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ t͡sɵy̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-chùi
    • Tâi-lô: tîm-tsuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dimzuix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tim²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tim¹³⁻²² t͡sui²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tim²⁴⁻²² t͡sui²¹/

Verb

沉醉

1. to be dead drunk
2. (figurative) to become intoxicated; to be engrossed in; to revel

Synonyms

• (to be dead drunk):

• 喝醉 (hēzuì)
• 喝高 (hēgāo) (colloquial)
• 酒醉 (jiǔzuì)
• 酣醉 (hānzuì)
• 醉 (zuì)
• 醉酒 (zuìjiǔ)
• 霑醉／沾醉 (zhānzuì) (literary)
• 飲醉／饮醉 (dialectal)

 

• (to be engrossed in):

• 心醉 (xīnzuì)
• 沉浸 (chénjìn)
• 迷醉 (mízuì)
• 陶醉 (táozuì)