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深

shēn

HSK 4 Character

What 深 means

1. (lit. and fig.) deep

Other readings

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

• shēnold variant of {深|shēn}

Example sentences

• 请深呼吸。
  Take a deep breath, please.
• 这个洞多深?
  How deep is the hole?
• 颜色深了些。
  The colour is a bit too dark.
• 我深感抱歉。
  I am sincerely sorry.
• 琳达深夜回家。
  Lín dá shēnyè huíjiā.
  Linda came home late at night.
• 这个湖有多深？
  What is the depth of the lake?

Words starting with 深

• 深刻shēn kèprofound; deep; deep-going
• 深沉shēn chéndeep; profound; (of a person) reserved
• 深奥shēn àoprofound; abstruse; recondite
• 深情厚谊shēn qíng hòu yìdeep friendship
• 深深shēn shēndeep; profound
• 深入shēn rùto penetrate deeply; thorough
• 深处shēn chùabyss; depths; deepest or most distant part
• 深夜shēn yèvery late at night
• 深情shēn qíngdeep emotion; deep feeling; deep love; affectionate; loving
• 深度shēn dùdepth; (of a speech etc) profundity; advanced stage of development
• 深厚shēn hòudeep; profound
• 深受shēn shòuto receive in no small measure
• 深圳市Shēn zhèn ShìShenzhen, sub-provincial city in Guangdong Province 广东省
• 深感shēn gǎnto feel deeply
• 深化shēn huàto deepen; to intensify
• 深知shēn zhīto know well; to be fully aware of
• 深造shēn zàoto pursue one's studies
• 深远shēn yuǎnfar-reaching; profound and long-lasting
• 深爱shēn àito love dearly
• 深切shēn qièdeeply felt; heartfelt; sincere
• 深渊shēn yuānabyss
• 深思shēn sīto ponder; to consider
• 深邃shēn suìdeep (valley or night); abstruse; hidden in depth
• 深层shēn céngdeep layer; deep; deep-seated; underlying

Words containing 深

• 资深zī shēnsenior; highly experienced; veteran
• 根深蒂固gēn shēn dì gùdeep-rooted (problem etc)
• 博大精深bó dà jīng shēn(idiom) wide-ranging and profound
• 加深jiā shēnto deepen
• 更深gēng shēndeep at night
• 意味深长yì wèi shēn chángprofound; significant; meaningful
• 高深gāo shēnprofound
• 夜深人静yè shēn rén jìngin the dead of night (idiom)
• 幽深yōu shēnserene and hidden in depth or distance
• 纵深zòng shēndepth (from front to rear); depth (into a territory); span (of time)
• 水深火热shuǐ shēn huǒ rèdeep water and scorching fire; abyss of suffering (idiom)
• 一往情深yī wǎng qíng shēndeeply attached; devoted
• 精深jīng shēnrefined; profound
• 高深莫测gāo shēn mò cèprofound mystery
• 感人至深gǎn rén zhì shēn(idiom) deeply touching
• 发人深省fā rén shēn xǐngto provide food for thought (idiom); thought-provoking
• 讳莫如深huì mò rú shēn(idiom) to steadfastly refuse to discuss the matter; to treat it as an untouchable subject
• 老谋深算lǎo móu shēn suànrigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect
• 景深jǐng shēndepth of field
• 水深shuǐ shēndepth (of waterway); sounding
• 测深cè shēnto sound (sea depth)
• 进深jìn shēn(of a house or room) distance from the entrance to the rear; depth
• 在深处zài shēn chùdeeply
• 内心深处nèi xīn shēn chùdeep in one's heart

Characters that look like 深

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 眼yǎneye; (often used with 一; small hole
• 探tànto explore; to search out; to scout
• 烯xīalkene
• 猥wěihumble; rustic; plentiful
• 遐xiádistant; long-lasting; to abandon

Sounds the same

Read shēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 身body; life; oneself
• 申to extend; to state; to explain
• 伸to stretch; to extend
• 呻(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
• 绅member of gentry
• 莘long; numerous
• 参ginseng; one of the 28 constellations
• 娠pregnant
• 砷arsenic (chemistry)
• 甡multitude; crowd
• 燊brisk; vigorous (of fire)
• 珅a kind of jade