How to say it in Chinese

Deep in Chinese

deep · HSK 4

深 shēn

这条河很深。 This river is very deep.

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How do you say deep in Chinese?

Deep in Chinese is 深 (shēn). You can also say 深厚 (shēn hòu), 深刻 (shēn kè), 厚 (hòu), 深度 (shēn dù).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.