HSK 6 · Adjectives

沉着 chénzhuó “calm and collected” in Chinese

Traditional 沉著

What 沉着 means

  1. calm and collected
  2. composed
  3. steady
  4. not nervous

How to say 沉着

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale沉chén2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale着zhuó2nd tone, rising

沉着 in a sentence

  1. 遇到困难要沉着冷静。

    Yùdào kùnnan yào chénzhuó lěngjìng.

    When you run into difficulties, stay calm and collected.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她在考试中表现得很沉着。

    Tā zài kǎoshì zhōng biǎoxiàn de hěn chénzhuó.

    She stayed very composed during the exam.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 沉着 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 沉 (chén) with each of its parts in a different colour
沉chénto submerge
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 冗excessive · rǒng
The character 着 (zhe) with each of its parts in a different colour
着zhuóto wear
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 目eye · mù

How to write 沉着

沉 7 strokes · 着 11 strokes

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沉着 (chénzhuó) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 沉着 (chénzhuó). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 沉着

Words with 沉

沉默chénmò · silent沉思chénsī · to ponder沉闷chénmèn · oppressive沉重chénzhòng · heavy深沉shēnchén · deep沉淀chéndiàn · to settle

Words with 着

着zhe · particle for an ongoing action or state (-ing)着急zháojí · to worry接着jiēzhe · next随着suízhe · along with着凉zháoliáng · to catch a cold着火zháohuǒ · to catch fire着想zhuóxiǎng · to consider (the needs of)着重zhuózhòng · to emphasise着手zhuóshǒu · to set about执着zhízhuó · persistent

More words: Adjectives

诚挚chéngzhì · sincere陈旧chénjiù · outdated沉闷chénmèn · oppressive沉重chénzhòng · heavy迟钝chídùn · slow-witted迟缓chíhuǎn · slow持久chíjiǔ · lasting吃力chīlì · strenuous

FAQs

沉着 (chénzhuó) means “calm and collected” or “composed”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chénzhuó: chén with a 2nd tone, then zhuó with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 沉着 is written 沉著. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chenzhuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 沉着 from the suggestions. Typing chenzhuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
沉着 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.