下陷 (xià xiàn) — (verb) to sink in, to cave in, to become sunken or hollow; to form a depression

Definition

Examples

• 地面下陷了，形成了一个坑。
  Dì miàn xià xiàn le, xíng chéng le yí gè kēng.
  The ground sank, forming a pit.
• 他生病后眼睛深深地下陷。
  Tā shēng bìng hòu yǎn jing shēn shēn de xià xiàn.
  After he got sick, his eyes were deeply sunken.
• 暴雨过后，马路出现了明显的下陷。
  Bào yǔ guò hòu, mǎ lù chū xiàn le míng xiǎn de xià xiàn.
  After the heavy rain, the road had obvious depressions.