消沉 meaning in English
to sink into despondency; (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet
Meaning of 消沉
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
xiāochén
- to sink into despondency
- (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet
消沉 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
我一整天都觉得很消沉。
I was feeling blue all day.
Stroke order for each character
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消 xiāo · to diminish · 10 strokes
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沉 chén · to submerge · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 消沉.
| 消息 | xiāoxi | (piece of) news; information; message |
| 消失 | xiāoshī | to disappear; to fade away |
| 取消 | qǔxiāo | to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind |
| 消费 | xiāofèi | to consume (goods and services, resources etc) |
| 沉默 | chénmò | taciturn; uncommunicative |
| 沉重 | chénzhòng | heavy; hard |
| 消化 | xiāohuà | to digest (food); (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process |
| 消除 | xiāochú | to eliminate; to remove |
| 消防 | xiāofáng | firefighting; fire control |
| 消毒 | xiāodú | to disinfect; to sterilize |
| 消极 | xiāojí | negative; passive |
| 消费者 | xiāofèizhě | consumer |
Questions about 消沉
What does 消沉 mean?
消沉 (xiāochén) means "to sink into despondency; (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 消沉?
消沉 is made of 2 characters: 消 (10 strokes), 沉 (7 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 消沉 an HSK word?
Yes. 消沉 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.