# 沉淀 (chéndiàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 沉淀 (chéndiàn) means “to settle; sediment”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to settle; sediment
- Pinyin: chéndiàn (chen2 dian4)
- Traditional: 沈澱
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 河水静置后，底部的泥沙会沉淀下来。
  Héshuǐ jìngzhì hòu, dǐbù de níshā huì chéndiàn xiàlái.
  After the river water stands still, the mud and sand at the bottom will settle.

## Characters

- [沉](https://hanziro.com/word/chen-heavy/) (chén): heavy; to sink
- 淀 (diàn): shallow lake (usu. in place names); to form sediment; to precipitate

https://hanziro.com/word/chen-dian-settle/

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