低沉

Chinese

		to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; low; to incline; beneath	submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop
trad. (低沉)		低	沉
simp. #(低沉)		低	沉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dīchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai¹ cam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): te-tîm / kě-tîm / kē-tîm / kēe-tîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dīchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dichén
    • Wade–Giles: ti¹-chʻên²
    • Yale: dī-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dichern
    • Palladius: дичэнь (dičɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai¹ cam⁴
    • Yale: dāi chàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai¹ tsam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei¹ cem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: te-tîm
    • Tâi-lô: te-tîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: de'diim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te⁴⁴⁻²² tim¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te³³ tim²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te⁴⁴⁻²² tim²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kě-tîm
    • Tâi-lô: kě-tîm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ke²² tim²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kē-tîm
    • Tâi-lô: kē-tîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kexdiim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke²²⁻²¹ tim²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kēe-tîm
    • Tâi-lô: kēe-tîm
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ²²⁻²¹ tim¹³/

Adjective

低沉

1. (of the sky) overcast; gloomy
2. (of a voice or a noise) deep and low
3. (of one's mood) depressed; gloomy; downcast; blue

Synonyms

• (overcast): 多雲／多云 (duōyún), 灰濛蒙／灰蒙蒙, 陰沉／阴沉 (yīnchén), 陰暗／阴暗 (yīn'àn)
• (deep and low): 深沉 (shēnchén)
• (depressed):

• 低落 (dīluò)
• 冷館／冷馆 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 喪氣／丧气
• 壓抑／压抑 (yāyì)
• 失望 (shīwàng)
• 失落 (shīluò)
• 寡歡／寡欢 (guǎhuān)
• 幽鬱／幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
• 悒鬱／悒郁 (yìyù) (literary)
• 悒鬱寡歡／悒郁寡欢 (yìyùguǎhuān)
• 愁悶／愁闷 (chóumèn)
• 憂悶／忧闷 (yōumèn)
• 慘沮／惨沮 (cǎnjǔ) (literary)
• 憂鬱／忧郁 (yōuyù)
• 憋悶／憋闷
• 懊喪／懊丧 (àosàng)
• 抑鬱／抑郁 (yìyù)
• 沉悶／沉闷 (chénmèn)
• 沉鬱／沉郁 (chényù) (literary)
• 沮喪／沮丧 (jǔsàng)
• 消極／消极 (xiāojí)
• 消沉 (xiāochén)
• 灰 (huī) (literary, or in compounds)
• 灰心 (huīxīn)
• 灰心喪氣／灰心丧气 (huīxīnsàngqì)
• 煩悶／烦闷 (fánmèn)
• 神傷／神伤 (shénshāng) (literary)
• 索寞 (suǒmò) (literary or Eastern Min)
• 苦悶／苦闷 (kǔmèn)
• 萎靡
• 陰暗／阴暗 (yīn'àn)
• 陰沉／阴沉 (yīnchén)
• 頹唐／颓唐 (tuítáng)
• 頹喪／颓丧 (tuísàng)
• 頹廢／颓废 (tuífèi)
• 鬱悶／郁闷 (yùmèn)
• 鬱鬱／郁郁 (yùyù) (literary)
• 鬱鬱不樂／郁郁不乐 (yùyùbùlè)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 齪嘈／龊嘈 (Hokkien)