陸沉

Chinese

		shore; land; continent shore; land; continent; six (fraud-proof)	submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop
trad. (陸沉)		陸	沉
simp. (陆沉)		陆	沉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lùchén

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨˋ ㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ cam⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lùchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨˋ ㄔㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lùchén
  - Wade–Giles: lu⁴-chʻên²
  - Yale: lù-chén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luhchern
  - Palladius: лучэнь (lučɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: luk⁶ cam⁴
  - Yale: luhk chàhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ tsam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ cem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² t͡sʰɐm²¹/

Verb

陸沉

(of land) to sink into the sea
日本會唔會有一日陸沉？ [Cantonese, trad.]
日本会唔会有一日陆沉？ [Cantonese, simp.]
jat⁶ bun² wui⁵ m⁴ wui⁵ jau⁵ jat¹ jat⁶ luk⁶ cam⁴? [Jyutping]
Will Japan sink below sea level one day?
- 而這時，身後的荒島已經消失，像是那裡發生了陸沉，只剩下一片澄明的海…… [MSC, trad.]
  而这时，身后的荒岛已经消失，像是那里发生了陆沉，只剩下一片澄明的海…… [MSC, simp.]
  From: 张天民 (1984) “荒岛 [huāngdǎo]”, in 人民文学, number 2, pages 5-40
  ér zhèshí, shēnhòu de huāngdǎo yǐjīng xiāoshī, xiàngshì nàlǐ fāshēng le lùchén, zhǐ shèngxià yīpiàn chéngmíng de hǎi...... [Pinyin]
  Right now, the islands behind me have already disappeared, as if they had sunk into the sea, leaving a clear and open sea behind…
(literary, figurative, of a country's territory) to fall into enemy hands

Derived terms

神州陸沉／神州陆沉 (shénzhōulùchén)

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