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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

低沉

dīchén

(of weather) overcast; gloomy

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

(of weather) overcast; gloomy

02

(of a voice) low and deep

03

low-spirited; downcast

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 低沉 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 低沉 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

汤姆声音低沉。tāng mǔ shēng yīn dī chén。

No published English translation for this sentence.

汤姆的声音很低沉。tāng mǔ de shēng yīn hěn dī chén。

No published English translation for this sentence.

那个男子说话声音低沉。nà ge nán zi shuō huà shēng yīn dī chén。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 低沉.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 低沉.

Directly before

  • 声音低沉2
  • 很低沉1

Directly after

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 低沉

What does 低沉 mean in Chinese?

低沉 (dīchén) means (of weather) overcast; gloomy.

How do you pronounce 低沉?

低沉 is pronounced dīchén.

Is 低沉 an HSK word?

低沉 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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