The Chinese word for sink is
洗涤槽
xĭ dí cáo
Chinese Definition
| sink | |
| 1. 动词. 下沉。 | |
| 2. 名词. （厨房卫生间的）水池。 | |
| Components | |
| 洗 | |
| 1. (Cantonese) (alt form, yue, 使, t=to need) | |
| 2. Variant of 㭠 | |
| 3. Variant of 洒 | |
| 涤 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 滌 | |
| 槽 | |
| 1. manger; trough from which livestock feeds | |
| 2. square or rectangular container | |
| 3. concave section; depression | |
| 4. ditch; trench; canal | |
| 5. (dialectal) | |
Translations for 槽 and their definitions
| 沉 | |
| 1. to sink; to submerge (into water) | |
| 我 頂 泳帽mou6-2 沉 咗 落 水底。 - My swimming cap sank to the bottom of the pool. | |
| 2. to fall; to sink; to subside | |
| 3. to settle; to make sink | |
| 4. to suppress; to stifle; to neglect | |
| 5. to be neglected | |
| 6. to indulge in; to be given to | |
| 7. to hide; to be hidden | |
| 8. heavy; weighty | |
| 9. dark; gloomy | |
| 10. deep; profound | |
| 睡 得de 很 沉 - to sleep soundly - | |
| 11. long (duration); prolonged; lengthy | |
| 12. deeply; profoundly | |
| 13. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 浸 (zam6, t=to drown) |
| 水槽 | |
| 1. n. sink | |
| 2. n. tank | |
| 3. n. drainage ditch; gutter |
| 下沉 | |
| 1. v. (of a boat or ship) to sink | |
| 2. v. (of the ground) to subside; to cave in | |
| 3. v. (business, neologism) to move down into a lower-tier market |
| 盥洗盆 | |
| 1. n. sink (basin) |
| 洗手盆 | |
| 1. n. sink; washbasin |
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xĭ dí cáo
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