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沉醉

chénzuì

to become intoxicated

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to become intoxicated

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 沉醉 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 沉醉 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

他道俺哥哥十分家沉醉,且吃些儿热汤热水。tā dào ǎn gē gē shí fēn jiā chén zuì, qiě chī xiē ér rè tāng rè shuǐ。

No published English translation for this sentence.

夏夜里,夜来香散发出浓郁的香气,彷佛整个庭院都沉醉了。xià yè lǐ, yè lái xiāng sàn fà chū nóng yù de xiāng qì, páng fó zhěng gè tíng yuàn dōu chén zuì le。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 沉醉.

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

Directly before

  • 家沉醉1
  • 都沉醉1

Directly after

  • 沉醉了1
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 沉醉

What does 沉醉 mean in Chinese?

沉醉 (chénzuì) means to become intoxicated.

How do you pronounce 沉醉?

沉醉 is pronounced chénzuì.

Is 沉醉 an HSK word?

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

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