下沉 (xià chén) — couler, s'affaisser, submerger

Définition

Exemples

• 船渐渐下沉了。
  Chuán jiàn jiàn xià chén le.
  The ship slowly sank.
• 地震后地面下沉了很多。
  Dì zhèn hòu dì miàn xià chén le hěn duō.
  After the earthquake, the ground subsided a lot.
• 潜水艇开始下沉到深海。
  Qián shuǐ tǐng kāi shǐ xià chén dào shēn hǎi.
  The submarine began to submerge into the deep sea.