深沉

Chinese

		deep; profound	submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop
trad. (深沉)		深	沉
simp. #(深沉)		深	沉
alternative forms		深沈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ cam⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhim-tîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenchén
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-chʻên²
    • Yale: shēn-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenchern
    • Palladius: шэньчэнь (šɛnʹčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ cam⁴
    • Yale: sām chàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ tsam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ cem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-tîm
    • Tâi-lô: tshim-tîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chimdiim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² tim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰim³³ tim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² tim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ tim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ tim²³/

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• Middle Chinese: syim drim

Rime
Character	深	沉
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	式針切	直深切
Baxter	syim	drim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪm/	/ɖˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕim/	/ɖᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjem/	/ȡiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕim/	/ɖjim/
Li Rong	/ɕiəm/	/ȡjəm/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕm/	/ȡĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯əm/	/ȡʱi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn	chén
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sam1	cam4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljum  l'um/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	深	沉
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	11255	15256
Phonetic component	罙	冘
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	深	沈
Old Chinese	/*hljum/	/*l'um/
Notes		俗沈字見易林漢碑

Adjective

深沉

1. deep; deepening
2. profound; sophisticated
3. (of sound or voice) low-pitched; deep; dull
4. undemonstrative; reserved

Synonyms

• (deep): 沉沉 (chénchén), (literary) 湛深 (zhànshēn)
• (low-pitched): 低沉 (dīchén)
• (undemonstrative):

• 含蓄 (hánxù)
• 委婉 (wěiwǎn)
• 婉轉／婉转 (wǎnzhuǎn)
• 策略 (cèlüè)