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沉着 (chén zhuó) — calm and collected; steady; composed

Definition

沉着 describes staying calm and focused under pressure, often in a crisis or emergency (analyzing data, facing danger). Stronger and more action-oriented than the everyday 冷静.

adjective
calm and collectedsteadycomposed

Examples

  • ，沉着。
    Miàn duì wēi jī, tā biǎo xiàn dé shí fēn chén zhuó.
    Facing the crisis, he behaved very calmly.
  • 沉着。
    Tā chén zhuó dì fēn xī le suǒ yǒu shù jù.
    She calmly analyzed all the data.
  • ，沉着。
    Yù dào jǐn jí qíng kuàng, yào bǎo chí chén zhuó.
    When encountering an emergency, stay calm.

Origin

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 著; 着 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎograss; plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě著zháo
Same sound today

The traditional form 著 puts 艸 (grass; plant) above 者, which gives the sound; the simplified 着 is a later shorthand.

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