HSK 6 · Verbs

陷入 xiànrù “to fall into” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 陷入 means

  1. to fall into
  2. to be caught in (a difficult situation)
  3. to sink into
  4. to get caught up in
  5. to land in (a predicament)

How to say 陷入

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale陷xiàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale入rù4th tone, falling

陷入 in a sentence

  1. 他发言完后，大家陷入了沉默。

    Tā fāyán wán hòu, dàjiā xiànrù le chénmò.

    When he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

    Sentence #9555186 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 日历上画着红圈的截稿日期使我陷入了焦虑。

    Rìlì shàng huà zhe hóng quān de jiégǎo rìqī shǐ wǒ xiànrù le jiāolǜ.

    The deadline circled in red on the calendar is making me anxious.

    Sentence #10028092 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 那场事故让我们陷入了不寻常的局势。

    Nà chǎng shìgù ràng wǒmen xiànrù le bù xúncháng de júshì.

    The accident put us in an unusual situation.

    Sentence #8736992 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 陷入 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 陷 (xiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
陷xiànpitfall
  • 阝place
  • 臽pit · xiàn
The character 入 (rù) drawn as one shape
入rùto enter; to go into

入 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 陷入

陷 10 strokes · 入 2 strokes

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

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

Words related to 陷入

Words with 陷

诬陷wūxiàn · to frame陷害xiànhài · to frame缺陷quēxiàn · defect陷阱xiànjǐng · trap

Words with 入

入rù · to enter入口rùkǒu · entrance收入shōurù · income进入jìnrù · to enter加入jiārù · to join投入tóurù · to put in输入shūrù · to input

More words: Common Verbs

无理取闹wúlǐqǔnào · to make trouble for no reason镶嵌xiāngqiàn · to inlay衔接xiánjiē · to link up掀起xiānqǐ · to lift削xiāo · to peel消除xiāochú · to eliminate消耗xiāohào · to consume销毁xiāohuǐ · to destroy (by burning or melting)

FAQs

陷入 (xiànrù) means “to fall into” or “to be caught in (a difficult situation)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiànrù: xiàn with a 4th tone, then rù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 陷入 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xianru with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 陷入 from the suggestions. Typing xianru into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
陷入 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.