English
- sink, submerge
- surname Shen
- variant of 沉[chen2]
- a surname, usually transliterated as "Sham", "Sum" or "Sam"
- addicted to
- surname
粵語
- 姓
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 沈
- 林沈lam4 sam2
(slang) a bunch of staff or items of no value
- 沈約sam2 joek3
Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书
- 沈復sam2 fuk6
Shen Fu (1763-c. 1810), Qing dynasty writer, author of Six Records of a Floating Life 浮生六記|浮生六记[Fu2 Sheng1 Liu4 Ji4]
- 沈澱sam2 din6
variant of 沉澱|沉淀[chen2 dian4]
- 沈重cam4 cung5
(adjective) heavy; leaden; somber
- 沈北sam2 bak1
see 沈北新區|沈北新区[Shen3 bei3 Xin1 qu1]
- 沈河sam2 ho4
- 沈國放sam2 gwok3 fong3
Shen Guofang (1952-), PRC assistant minister of foreign affairs (2003-2005)
- 沈默cam4 mak6
silence; silent
- 沈丘sam2 jau1
see 沈丘縣|沈丘县[Shen3 qiu1 Xian4]
- 沈括sam2 kut3
Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 夢溪筆談|梦溪笔谈[Meng4 Xi1 Bi3 tan2]
- 沈溺sam2 nik6
variant of 沉溺[chen2 ni4]
- 唅沈ngam4 cam4
talkative to an annoying extent; prattling
- 沈瑩sam2 jing4
Shen Ying of Wu, governor (268-280) of coastal province of Wu and compiler of Seaboard Geographic Gazetteer 臨海水土誌|临海水土志
- 沈從文sam2 cung4 man4
Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist
- 沈丘縣sam2 jau1 jyun6
Shenqiu, a county in Zhoukou City 周口市[Zhou1 kou3 Shi4], Henan
- 林沈嘢lam4 sam2 je5
- 沈殿霞sam2 din6 haa4
Lydia Shum Din-ha, an actress in Hong Kong
- 沈魚落雁cam4 jyu4 lok6 ngaan6
variant of 沉魚落雁|沉鱼落雁[chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4]
- 雁杳魚沈ngaan6 miu5 jyu4 cam4
without news from sb (idiom)
- 沈北新區sam2 bak1 san1 keoi1
Shenbei New District, a district of Shenyang City 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning
- 沈葆禎sam2 bou2 zing1
- 沈葆楨sam2 bou2 zing1
Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂|船政学堂[Chuan2 zheng4 Xue2 tang2] in 1866
- 破釜沈舟po3 fu2 cam4 zau1
burn your bridges behind you