Chinese symbol for “sink”
沉没
chén mò
Traditional: 沉沒
to sink
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sink is 沉没 (chén mò), defined as: to sink.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sink”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沦 (淪) | lún | to sink (into ruin, oblivion); to be reduced to |
| 水槽 | shuǐ cáo | sink |
| 沉陷 | chén xiàn | to sink; to cave in; (of a building etc) to subside; (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc) |
| 堕 (墮) | duò | to fall; to sink; (fig.) to degenerate |
| 沉落 | chén luò | to sink; to fall |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 沉没.
| 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 |
| 没有 (沒有) | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't |
| 有没有 (有沒有) | yǒu méi yǒu | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...? |
| 没什么 (沒什麼) | méi shén me | it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sink”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.