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沉淀

chén diàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 沉澱

沉淀 (chén diàn) means "to settle; to precipitate; sedimentation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 沉淀 means

1. chemistryto settle; to precipitate
2. chemistrysediment; precipitate
3. (fig.) (of emotions, thoughts, experience etc) to settle and be absorbed over time; to take shape gradually (through reflection or maturation)

Other readings

沉淀 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• chén diànvariant of {沉淀|chén diàn}

The characters in 沉淀

• 沉chénto submerge; to immerse; to sink
• 淀diàn(bound form) shallow lake (usu. in place names)

Words starting with 沉淀

• 沉淀物chén diàn wùprecipitate; sediment

Where 沉淀 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · chàng–zhāo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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