HSK 6 · Science

沉淀 chéndiàn “to settle” in Chinese

Traditional 沉澱

What 沉淀 means

  1. to settle
  2. sediment
  3. to precipitate
  4. (chemistry) to settle
  5. (chemistry) sediment
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (fig.) (of emotions, thoughts, experience etc) to settle and be absorbed over time
  • to take shape gradually (through reflection or maturation)

How to say 沉淀

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale淀diàn4th tone, falling

沉淀 in a sentence

  1. 把水放一会儿，让泥沙沉淀下来。

    Bǎ shuǐ fàng yíhuìr, ràng níshā chéndiàn xiàlai.

    Leave the water for a while to let the sand settle.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 经验需要时间慢慢沉淀。

    Jīngyàn xūyào shíjiān mànmàn chéndiàn.

    Experience needs time to build up.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 沉淀 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 淀 (diàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
淀diànshallow lake
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 定to decide · dìngSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 定 (dìng) hints at the sound. Compare it with diàn.

How to write 沉淀

沉 7 strokes · 淀 11 strokes

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

Words related to 沉淀

Words with 沉

沉默chénmò · silent沉思chénsī · to ponder沉闷chénmèn · oppressive沉重chénzhòng · heavy沉着chénzhuó · calm and collected深沉shēnchén · deep

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FAQs

沉淀 (chéndiàn) means “to settle” or “sediment”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chéndiàn: chén with a 2nd tone, then diàn with a 4th 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, 沉淀 is written 沉澱. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chendian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 沉淀 from the suggestions. Typing chendian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
沉淀 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.