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): tîm-chûn / tiâm-chûn

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀m-sòn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciim^ˇ son^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cim² son²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨm¹¹ son¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-chûn
  - Tâi-lô: tîm-tsûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dimzuun
  - IPA (Taipei): /tim²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tim²³⁻³³ t͡sun²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiâm-chûn
  - Tâi-lô: tiâm-tsûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diamzuun
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiam²³⁻³³ t͡sun²³/

Noun

沉船

sunken ship or boat; shipwreck (Classifier: 艘 m; 條／条 m; 隻／只 m c)

Verb

沉⫽船 (verb-object)

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