沉降 (chén jiàng) — to subside (of ground, land); to settle (of sed… | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to subside (of ground, land)to settle (of sediment, particles)

Examples

，沉降。
Dì zhèn zhī hòu, dì miàn zhú jiàn chén jiàng le.
After the earthquake, the ground gradually subsided.
沉降。
Shuǐ zhōng de ní shā màn màn chén jiàng dào shuǐ dǐ.
The sediment in the water slowly settled to the bottom.
沉降。
Zhè zuò dà lóu de dì jī màn màn chén jiàng le.
The foundation of this building slowly settled.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

降jiàngdescend

沉 (sink) and 降 (descend) combine to mean subside or settle.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

阝夅降

Meaning part形符xíngfú

阝Written in full as阜fùhill, wall

Sound part声符shēngfú

夅

夅jiàng降xiáng

Same sound today

降 pairs 阝 (a hill or wall, written in full as 阜) with 夅, a sound part meaning 'to descend'; together they picture descending a hill.

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