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): ㄕㄣㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ cam⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhim-tîm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēnchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄔㄣˊ
  - 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/

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/
Bernhard 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

deep; deepening
profound; sophisticated
(of sound or voice) low-pitched; deep; dull
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)