消
沉

Depressed in Chinese: 消沉 (xiāo chén)

xiāo chén

depressed

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1depressed
  2. 2bad mood
  3. 3low spirit

Stroke order

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消
沉

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄠ

xiāo

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

ㄔㄣˊ

chén

ㄔ/ chㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 失败后，他变得十分消沉。

    shī bài hòu， tā biàn de shí fēn xiāo chén。

    After failing, he became very dejected.

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Related words

沉

chén

to submerge

消

xiāo

to diminish

消息

xiāo xi

news

沉默

chén mò

taciturn

取消

qǔ xiāo

to cancel

消费

xiāo fèi

to consume

消化

xiāo huà

to digest (food)

消灭

xiāo miè

to put an end to

消失

xiāo shī

to disappear

沉重

chén zhòng

heavy

消除

xiāo chú

to eliminate

消毒

xiāo dú

to disinfect

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