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下沉

下沉

Chinese

		under; second; next under; second; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to decline; to go down; latter	submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop
simp. and trad. (下沉)		下	沉

Verb

下沉

(of a boat or ship) to sink
(of the ground) to subside, to cave in

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiàchén

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ cam⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hǎ-tîm / hā-tîm / hēe-tîm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄔㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahchenr
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯a̠⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ cam⁴
  - Yale: hah chàhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ tsam⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑː²² t͡sʰɐm²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎ-tîm
  - Tâi-lô: hǎ-tîm
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ha²² tim²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hā-tîm
  - Tâi-lô: hā-tîm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haxdiim
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ha²²⁻²¹ tim²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ha²²⁻²¹ tim¹³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēe-tîm
  - Tâi-lô: hēe-tîm
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ²²⁻²¹ tim¹³/