沉凝
chén níng
Pinyin

Definition

沉凝
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chén níng
  1. stagnant
  2. congealed
  3. fig. grave in manner
  4. low (of voice)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

沉重
chén zhòng
  1. 1 heavy
  2. 2 hard
  3. 3 serious
  4. 4 critical
沉默
chén mò
  1. 1 taciturn
  2. 2 uncommunicative
  3. 3 silent
低沉
dī chén
  1. 1 overcast
  2. 2 gloomy
  3. 3 downcast
  4. 4 deep and low (of sound)
  5. 5 muffled
凝固
níng gù
  1. 1 to freeze
  2. 2 to solidify
  3. 3 to congeal
  4. 4 fig. with rapt attention
凝望
níng wàng
  1. 1 to gaze at
  2. 2 to stare fixedly at
凝结
níng jié
  1. 1 to condense
  2. 2 to solidify
  3. 3 to coagulate
  4. 4 clot (of blood)
凝聚
níng jù
  1. 1 to condense
  2. 2 to coagulate
  3. 3 coacervation (i.e. form tiny droplets)
  4. 4 aggregation
  5. 5 coherent
凝视
níng shì
  1. 1 to gaze at
  2. 2 to fix one's eyes on
沉
chēn
  1. 1 see 黑沉沉[hēi chēn chēn]
沉寂
chén jì
  1. 1 silence
  2. 2 stillness
沉思
chén sī
  1. 1 to contemplate
  2. 2 to ponder
  3. 3 contemplation
  4. 4 meditation
沉闷
chén mèn
  1. 1 oppressive (of weather)
  2. 2 heavy
  3. 3 depressed
  4. 4 not happy
  5. 5 (of sound) dull
  6. 6 muffled
沉沉
chén chén
  1. 1 deeply
  2. 2 heavily
沉没
chén mò
  1. 1 to sink
沉浮
chén fú
  1. 1 lit. sinking and floating
  2. 2 to bob up and down on water
  3. 3 ebb and flow
  4. 4 fig. rise and fall
  5. 5 ups and downs of fortune
  6. 6 vicissitudes
沉浸
chén jìn
  1. 1 to soak
  2. 2 to permeate
  3. 3 to immerse
沉沦
chén lún
  1. 1 to sink into (vice, depravity etc)
  2. 2 to pass into oblivion
  3. 3 downfall
  4. 4 passing
沉溺
chén nì
  1. 1 to indulge in
  2. 2 to wallow
  3. 3 absorbed in
  4. 4 deeply engrossed
  5. 5 addicted
沉淀
chén diàn
  1. 1 to settle
  2. 2 to precipitate (solid sediment out of a solution)
沉甸甸
chén diàn diàn
  1. 1 heavy

Idioms (11)

好酒沉瓮底
hǎo jiǔ chén wèng dǐ
  1. 1 lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the best is saved for last
沉湎酒色
chén miǎn jiǔ sè
  1. 1 to wallow in alcohol and sex (idiom); overindulgence in wine and women
  2. 2 an incorrigible drunkard and lecher
沉着应战
chén zhuó yìng zhàn
  1. 1 to remain calm in the face of adversity (idiom)
沉鱼落雁
chén yú luò yàn
  1. 1 lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
沉默寡言
chén mò guǎ yán
  1. 1 habitually silent (idiom)
  2. 2 reticent
  3. 3 uncommunicative
沉默是金
chén mò shì jīn
  1. 1 Silence is golden. (idiom)
瞪目凝视
dèng mù níng shì
  1. 1 in a catatonic state
  2. 2 shocked and stunned (idiom)
石沉大海
shí chén dà hǎi
  1. 1 lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to elicit no response
破釜沉舟
pò fǔ chén zhōu
  1. 1 lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat
  2. 2 to burn one's boats
雁杳鱼沉
yàn yǎo yú chén
  1. 1 without news from sb (idiom)
鱼沉雁杳
yú chén yàn yǎo
  1. 1 lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom); a letter does not arrive
  2. 2 lost in transmission

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