Chinese symbol for “soak”
沉浸
chén jìn
to soak; to permeate; to immerse
The closest CC-CEDICT match for soak is 沉浸 (chén jìn), defined as: to soak; to permeate; to immerse.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “soak”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 渍 (漬) | zì | to soak; to be stained |
| 浸透 | jìn tòu | to soak; to saturate; to drench; to permeate |
| 浸入 | jìn rù | to soak; to dip |
| 浸渍 (浸漬) | jìn zì | to soak; to macerate |
| 浸湿 (浸濕) | jìn shī | to soak; to saturate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 沉浸.
| 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) |
| 沉睡 | chén shuì | to be fast asleep; (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered |
| 浸泡 | jìn pào | to steep; to soak |
| 浸润 (浸潤) | jìn rùn | to permeate; to percolate |
| 浸透 | jìn tòu | to soak; to saturate; to drench; to permeate |
| 浸入 | jìn rù | to soak; to dip |
See also: Japanese symbol for “soak”.
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.