沉船

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	a boat; vessel; ship
trad. (沉船)		沉	船
simp. #(沉船)		沉	船

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénchuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ syun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀m-sòn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiâm-chûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénchuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénchuán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-chʻuan²
    • Yale: chén-chwán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernchwan
    • Palladius: чэньчуань (čɛnʹčuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ syun⁴
    • Yale: chàhm syùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ syn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ xun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ syːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀m-sòn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciimˇ sonˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cim² son²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨm¹¹ son¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiâm-chûn
    • Tâi-lô: tiâm-tsûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diamzuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiam²⁴⁻²² t͡sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiam¹³⁻²² t͡sun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiam²³⁻³³ t͡sun²³/

Noun

沉船

1. sunken ship or boat; shipwreck

Verb

沉⫽船 (verb-object)

1. (of a ship or boat) to sink
2. (figurative, slang, of a person) to fall for someone or something
3. (figurative, Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang, specifically, originally) to fall in love with a prostitute or a sexual partner; (now) to fall in love