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"sink" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
水池 shuǐ chí pond / pool / sink / washbasin
沉没 沉沒 chén mò to sink syn
落水 luò shuǐ to fall into water / to sink / overboard / fig. to degenerate / to sink (into depravity) / to go to the dogs syn
塌陷 tā xiàn to subside / to sink / to cave in syn
水槽 shuǐ cáo sink
沉落 chén luò to sink / to fall
沉陷 chén xiàn to sink / to cave in / (of a building etc) to subside / (fig.) to get lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc) syn
沉 chén to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy syn
陷 xiàn pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect syn
堕 墮 duò to fall / to sink / (fig.) to degenerate syn
沦 淪 lún to sink (into ruin, oblivion) / to be reduced to syn
低陷 dī xiàn to sink / to settle
洗涤槽 洗滌槽 xǐ dí cáo washing tank / sink
洗脸台 洗臉臺 xǐ liǎn tái commode / dressing table / sink
沦没 淪沒 lún mò to sink / to drown
Chinese Pinyin Translation
陷入 xiàn rù to sink into / to get caught up in / to land in (a predicament) syn
洗手盆 xǐ shǒu pén bathroom sink / wash basin
洗手池 xǐ shǒu chí bathroom sink / wash basin
沦为 淪為 lún wéi to sink down to / to be reduced to (sth inferior) syn
沉沦 沉淪 chén lún to sink into (vice, depravity etc) / to pass into oblivion / downfall / passing syn
落脚 落腳 luò jiǎo to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers syn
下沉 xià chén to sink down syn
跪倒 guì dǎo to kneel down / to sink to one's knees / to grovel syn
消沉 xiāo chén to sink into despondency / (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish / to plummet syn
散热片 散熱片 sàn rè piàn heat sink
浮沉 fú chén ups and downs (of life etc) / to drift along / to sink and emerge syn
击沉 擊沉 jī chén to attack and sink (a ship) syn
破釜沉舟 pò fǔ chén zhōu lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats syn
石沉大海 shí chén dà hǎi lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom) / fig. to elicit no response syn
沉鱼落雁 沉魚落雁 chén yú luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts syn
落 luò to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement syn
湮 yān (literary) to sink into oblivion / (literary) to silt up / Taiwan pr. [yin1]
眍 瞘 kōu to sink in (of eyes) syn
氮吸收汇 氮吸收匯 dàn xī shōu huì nitrogen sink / nitrogen oxide sink / NOx sink
吸碳存 xī tàn cún carbon sink
小洞不堵沉大船 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ chén dà chuán A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship.
沉潭 chén tán to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives)
沉箱 chén xiāng caisson / sink box
洗碗池 xǐ wǎn chí kitchen sink
流理台 liú lǐ tái kitchen counter (generally including sink, food preparation area and gas range) (Tw)
碳汇 碳匯 tàn huì carbon credits / carbon sink
翻沉 fān chén to capsize and sink
臭氧吸收汇 ozone sink
生态系统容污能力 shēng tài xì tǒng róng wū néng lì sink capacity of an ecosystem
热汇 熱匯 rè huì heat sink
消散因素 sink factors
氧吸收汇 氧吸收匯 yǎng xī shōu huì oxygen sink
以生物量为基础的碳汇 以生物量為基礎的碳匯 biomass-based carbon sink
能阱 néng jǐng energy sink
能源吸收汇 能源吸收匯 néng yuán xī shōu huì energy sink
氯的吸收汇 氯的吸收匯 chlorine sink
亚甲基井 亞甲基井 yà jiǎ jī jǐng methane sink
温室气体吸收汇 溫室气体吸收匯 wēn shì qì tǐ xī shōu huì sink of greenhouse gases
落水洞 sink hole
眍䁖 瞘瞜 kōu lou to sink in (of eyes)
一条绳上的蚂蚱 一條繩上的螞蚱 yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together
泯没 泯沒 mǐn mò to sink into oblivion / to be lost to memory / to vanish syn
水能载舟，亦能覆舟 水能載舟，亦能覆舟 shuǐ néng zài zhōu , yì néng fù zhōu lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb) / fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it / if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm / things can be double-edged
湮灭 湮滅 yān miè to sink into oblivion / to bury in obscurity syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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