Chinese words starting with “chen”

20 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable chen. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 2 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.

Initial ch · final en · hear the four tones and see example characters →

2nd tone 14
4th tone 6

Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.

Common words with this syllable

衬衫chèn shānHSK 3
shirt; blouse
衬衣chèn yīHSK 3
shirt

All 20 words

#	Word	Pinyin	POS	Meaning
1	沉默	chén mò	an,a,v	taciturn; uncommunicative; silent
2	趁	chèn	p,v	to avail oneself of; to take advantage of
3	沉	chén	v,a	to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy
4	沉重	chén zhòng	a,ad,an	heavy; hard; serious; critical
5	陈述	chén shù	v,vn	an assertion; to declare; to state
6	沉浸	chén jìn	v	to soak; to permeate; to immerse
7	沉迷	chén mí	v	to be engrossed; to be absorbed with; to lose oneself in; to be addicted to
8	趁着	chènzhe	p	while
9	趁机	chèn jī	d	to seize an opportunity; to take advantage of situation
10	沉思	chén sī	v,vn	to contemplate; to ponder; contemplation; meditation
11	沉着	chén zhuó	a,ad,an	steady; calm and collected; not nervous
12	沉闷	chén mèn	a,an	oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy; (of sound) dull; muffled
13	陈旧	chén jiù	a	old-fashioned
14	衬托	chèn tuō	v,vn	to set off
15	陈列	chén liè	v,vn	to display; to exhibit
16	沉淀	chén diàn	v,n	to settle; to precipitate; sedimentation
17	沉稳	chén wěn	a	steady; calm; unflustered
18	趁早	chèn zǎo	d	as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late
19	称心如意	chèn xīn rú yì	v	(idiom) after one's own heart; gratifying; satisfactory; everything one could wish
20	沉甸甸	chén diàn diàn	z	heavy

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