沉 (cam4) — deep; heavy; profound in Cantonese
camˎ₄沉Mandarin Pinyin: chen2
Meaning of 沉
noundeep; heavy; profound
nounsink; become submerged
nounlapse into; indulge in
nounaddiction
Example Sentences with 沉
keoiˏ₅佢camˎ₄沉napˍ₆溺douˊ²賭cin4.錢。
He's addicted to gambling.
mˎ₄唔houˊ²好camˎ₄沉napˍ₆溺jauˎ₄遊hei3.戲。
Don't get addicted to games.
keoiˏ₅佢camˎ₄沉napˍ₆溺jyuˉ¹於gauˍ₆舊si4.時。
He's dwelling on the past.
neiˏ₅你mˎ₄唔hoˊ²可jiˏ₅以camˎ₄沉nap6.溺。
You can't indulge too much.
siuˊ²少diˉ¹啲camˎ₄沉napˍ₆溺laa1.啦。
Don't indulge so much.
Words Containing 沉
沉重打擊cam4 zung6 daa2 gik1
to hit hard
沉醉cam4 zeoi3
to become intoxicated
沉靜cam4 zing6
calm; peaceful; quiet
沉重cam4 zung6
hard, dense
沉積cam4 zik1
sediment; percipitate
陰陰沉沉jam1 jam1 cam4 cam4
not without worry, not carefree, not well lit
浮沉fau4 cam4
ups and downs (of life, etc.)
沉默cam4 mak6
silence; silent; uncommunicative | [粵]: 唔出聲
沉默大多數cam4 mak6 daai6 do1 sou3
the silent majority
沉底cam4 dai2
sink to the bottom; be hidden at the bottom
沉溺cam4 nik6
to indulge in; to wallow
深沉sam1 cam4
deep; extreme
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