# 陷入 (xiànrù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 陷入 (xiànrù) means “to sink into; to get caught up in”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to sink into; to get caught up in
- Pinyin: xiànrù (xian4 ru4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 听到这个消息，他陷入了沉思。
  Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, tā xiànrùle chénsī.
  Hearing this news, he fell into deep thought.

## Characters

- [陷](https://hanziro.com/word/xian-sink/) (xiàn): to sink; to get stuck
- [入](https://hanziro.com/word/ru-enter/) (rù): to enter; to join

https://hanziro.com/word/xian-ru-sink-into/

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