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沉沉

chén chén

2-character word

What 沉沉 means

1. deeply
2. heavily

The characters in 沉沉

• 沉chénto submerge; to immerse; to sink
• 沉chénto submerge; to immerse; to sink

Example sentences

• 我感觉昏沉沉的。
  I feel lethargic.
• 我感觉昏昏沉沉的。
  Wǒ gǎnjué hūnhūnchénchén de.
  I feel lethargic.
• 你看起来昏昏沉沉。
  Nǐ kànqǐlai hūnhūnchénchén.
  You looked like you were dizzy.
• 雨让秋天的日子阴沉沉的。
  The rain made the autumn day dismal.
• 2021 年 11 月 4 日，阴沉沉的一天。在披萨店，我没办法像平常一样坐在窗外的桌子吃披萨，因为那里挤满了皮肤黝黑的青少年。于是，我坐在了室内靠窗的位置。我可以看到外面桌子上一个棕色皮肤青少年毛茸茸的手臂。之后，我去了咖啡馆，点了杯我常喝的冰绿茶。在那里，我遇到了一个名叫阿尔玛的菲律宾老朋友，她以前在街角的便利商店工作，现在从事医疗保健行业。
  A grey day it is on the 4th of November of 2021. At the pizzeria, I could not sit eating my pizza at my regular table just outside the window, as a crowd of fresh brown teenagers were eating pizza there. So, I sat inside by the window. I could see the hairy arms of one brown teenager at the table outside. I went then to the cafe to have my usual iced green tea. I saw a longtime Filipino friend named Alma, who worked before at a corner convenience store, but now is in health care.

Words containing 沉沉

• 昏昏沉沉hūn hūn chén chén(idiom) dizzy
• 阴沉沉yīn chén chéndark (weather, mood)
• 死气沉沉sǐ qì chén chéndead atmosphere; lifeless; spiritless
• 黑沉沉hēi chén chénpitch-dark

Sounds the same

Read chén chén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 陈忱Chen Chen (1613-1670), novelist and poet at the Ming-Qing transition, author of Water…