陸沉

Chinese

		shore; land; continent shore; land; continent; six (fraud-proof)	submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop
trad. (陸沉)		陸	沉
simp. (陆沉)		陆	沉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lùchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ cam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lùchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lùchén
    • Wade–Giles: lu⁴-chʻên²
    • Yale: lù-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhchern
    • Palladius: лучэнь (lučɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk⁶ cam⁴
    • Yale: luhk chàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ tsam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ cem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² t͡sʰɐm²¹/

Verb

陸沉

1. (of land) to sink into the sea

   日本會唔會有一日陸沉？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   日本会唔会有一日陆沉？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   jat⁶ bun² wui⁵ m⁴ wui⁵ jau⁵ jat¹ jat⁶ luk⁶ cam⁴? [Jyutping]

   Will Japan sink below sea level one day?

   • 而這時，身後的荒島已經消失，像是那裡發生了陸沉，只剩下一片澄明的海…… [MSC, trad.]
     而这时，身后的荒岛已经消失，像是那里发生了陆沉，只剩下一片澄明的海…… [MSC, simp.]

     From: 张天民 (1984) “荒岛 [huāngdǎo]”, in 人民文学, number 2, pages 5-40

     ér zhèshí, shēnhòu de huāngdǎo yǐjīng xiāoshī, xiàngshì nàlǐ fāshēng le lùchén, zhǐ shèngxià yīpiàn chéngmíng de hǎi...... [Pinyin]

     Right now, the islands behind me have already disappeared, as if they had sunk into the sea, leaving a clear and open sea behind…

2. (literary, figurative, of a country's territory) to fall into enemy hands

Derived terms

• 神州陸沉／神州陆沉 (shénzhōulùchén)