HSK 4 · Adjectives

深 shēn “deep” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 深 means

  1. deep
  2. dark (colour)
  3. profound
  4. (lit. and fig.) deep

How to say 深

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale深shēn1st tone, high and level

深 in a sentence

  1. 这个池塘有三米深。

    Zhè ge chítáng yǒu sān mǐ shēn.

    The pond is 3 metres deep.

    Sentence #8845126 from Tatoeba

  2. 她喜欢穿深颜色的衣服。

    Tā xǐhuan chuān shēn yánsè de yīfu.

    She likes to wear dark colours.

    Sentence #1510611 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他的故事给我留下了很深的印象。

    Tā de gùshi gěi wǒ liúxia le hěn shēn de yìnxiàng.

    His story made a deep impression on me.

    Sentence #2715531 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 深 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 深 (shēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
深shēndeep
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 罙deep

How to write 深

深 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 深

Words with 深

深刻shēnkè · profound深奥shēn'ào · profound深沉shēnchén · deep资深zīshēn · senior博大精深bódàjīngshēn · broad and profound (of knowledge or culture)根深蒂固gēnshēndìgù · deep-rooted深情厚谊shēnqínghòuyì · deep friendship

More words: Adjectives

普遍pǔbiàn · universal轻松qīngsōng · relaxed穷qióng · poor热闹rènao · bustling with noise and excitement实际shíjì · actual帅shuài · handsome顺利shùnlì · smoothly特点tèdiǎn · characteristic (feature)

FAQs

深 (shēn) means “deep” or “dark (colour)”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it shēn: shēn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 深 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 深 from the suggestions. Typing shen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
深 is an HSK 4 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.