沉 chén
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 冗 excessive
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
沉迷
chénmí
to be obsessed with; addicted to
Characters in this word
迷 mí
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 米 rice, millet, grain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他一度沉迷于短线交易，忽视了真正需要打磨的专业能力。 Tā yí dù chénmí yú duǎnxiàn jiāoyì, hūshì le zhēnzhèng xūyào dǎmó de zhuānyè nénglì. He was once obsessed with short-term trading and neglected the professional skills he truly needed to hone.
- 弟弟沉迷于手机游戏，晚上不愿意睡觉。 Dìdi chénmí yú shǒujī yóuxì, wǎnshang bú yuànyì shuìjiào. My younger brother is hooked on mobile games and doesn't want to sleep at night.
- 她沉迷在小说的情节里，忘了时间已经很晚。 Tā chénmí zài xiǎoshuō de qíngjié lǐ, wàng le shíjiān yǐjīng hěn wǎn. She was so engrossed in the novel's plot that she forgot how late it was.
Related words
- 沉 chén to sink
- 沉默 chénmò silent
- 沉重 chénzhòng heavy
- 沉淀 chéndiàn to settle; sedimentation; to accumulate
- 沉甸甸 chéndiàndiàn heavy; weighty
- 沉浸 chénjìn to immerse; to be absorbed in
- 沉闷 chénmèn oppressive; dull; stuffy
- 沉睡 chénshuì to sleep deeply; to lie dormant
- 沉思 chénsī to ponder; to meditate
- 沉稳 chénwěn calm and steady
- 沉着 chénzhuó calm; composed
- 深沉 shēnchén deep; profound; reserved