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消沉

xiāochén

(of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet

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Meaning of 消沉 in English

xiāochénHSK 7–9adjectiveSyllabus #9895
  1. (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet
  2. to sink into despondency

Example sentences

  1. 我一整天都觉得很消沉。
    wǒ yī zhěng tiān dōu jué de hěn xiāo chén。
    I was feeling blue all day.
    Tatoeba #835562 by fucongcong · #73064 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

消 on its own →
xiāo · to diminish; to subside

HSK words with 消

取消HSK 4消息HSK 4消费HSK 5消化HSK 5消极HSK 5消失HSK 5消费者HSK 5消除HSK 6消毒HSK 6消防HSK 6
沉 on its own →
chén · to submerge

HSK words with 沉

沉HSK 5沉默HSK 5沉重HSK 6沉淀HSK 7–9沉浸HSK 7–9沉闷HSK 7–9沉迷HSK 7–9沉睡HSK 7–9沉思HSK 7–9沉稳HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences