沉潭

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	deep; deep pool; pit
simp. and trad. (沉潭)		沉	潭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéntán

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄊㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ taam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chéntán
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄊㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherntarn
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ tʰän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cam⁴ taam⁴
  - Yale: chàhm tàahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ taam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ tam⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ tʰäːm²¹/

Verb

沉潭

(historical) to tie someone to a rock and drown them (as a torture in ancient China)

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