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沉chén吟yín

  1. to mutter to oneself irresolutely

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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2
沉
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

variant of 沉[chen2]

Pinyin
chén
Traditional
沈
Strokes
7
Frequency
7969 of 2500
Words starting with 沉Words ending in 沉Anywhere in a word
吟
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to chant; to recite, verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems), (literary) to lament; to groan, (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects, (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato)

Pinyin
yín
Strokes
7
Words starting with 吟Words ending in 吟Anywhere in a word