Chinese symbol for “sediment”
沉积
chén jī
Traditional: 沉積
sediment; deposit; sedimentation (geology)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sediment is 沉积 (chén jī), defined as: sediment; deposit; sedimentation (geology).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sediment”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沉积物 (沉積物) | chén jī wù | sediment |
| 沉淀物 (沉澱物) | chén diàn wù | precipitate; sediment |
| 滓 | zǐ | (bound form) dregs; sediment |
| 淤积 (淤積) | yū jī | to silt up; silt |
| 残渣 (殘渣) | cán zhā | remainder; filtered out residue |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 沉积.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沉默 | chén mò | taciturn; uncommunicative |
| 沉重 | chén zhòng | heavy; hard |
| 沉淀 (沈澱) | chén diàn | variant of 沉淀 (chén diàn) |
| 沉浸 | chén jìn | to soak; to permeate |
| 沉睡 | chén shuì | to be fast asleep; (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered |
| 面积 (面積) | miàn jī | area (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area |
| 积极 (積極) | jī jí | active; energetic |
| 积累 (積累) | jī lěi | to accumulate; accumulation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sediment”.
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