Usage of the character 沈
Shěn
沈
[瀋]
- short name for 瀋陽／沈阳 ( Shěnyáng)
shěn
沈
[瀋]
- (literary) juice
Shěn
沈
[沈]
- surname Shen
chén
沈
[沈]
- variant of 沉 (chén)
Shěn Fù
沈复
[沈復]
- Shen Fu (1763-c. 1810), Qing dynasty writer, author of Six Records of a Floating Life 浮生六記／浮生六记 ( Fú Shēng Liù Jì)
Shěnhé
沈河
[沈河]
- Shenhe district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市／沈阳市, Liaoning
Shěnyáng
沈阳
[瀋陽]
- Shenyang subprovincial city and capital of Liaoning province 遼寧省／辽宁省 ( Liáoníng Shěng) in northeast China
- old names include Fengtian 奉天 ( Fèngtiān), Shengjing 盛京 ( Shèngjīng) and Mukden
Shěn Yíng
沈莹
[沈瑩]
- Shen Ying of Wu, governor (268-280) of coastal province of Wu and compiler of Seaboard Geographic Gazetteer 臨海水土誌／临海水土志
Shěn Yuē
沈约
[沈約]
- Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書／宋书
Shěnqiū
沈丘
[沈丘]
- Shenqiu county in Zhoukou 周口 ( Zhōukǒu), Henan
Shěn Kuò
沈括
[沈括]
- Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 夢溪筆談／梦溪笔谈 ( Mèng Xī Bǐtán)
Shěnqiūxiàn
沈丘县
[沈丘縣]
- Shenqiu county in Zhoukou 周口 ( Zhōukǒu), Henan
Shěn Cóngwén
沈从文
[沈從文]
- Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist
Shěn Guófàng
沈国放
[沈國放]
- Shen Guofang (1952-), PRC assistant minister of foreign affairs (2003-2005)
Shěnyángshì
沈阳市
[瀋陽市]
- Shenyang subprovincial city and capital of Liaoning province 遼寧省／辽宁省 ( Liáoníng Shěng) in northeast China
- old names include Fengtian 奉天 ( Fèngtiān), Shengjing 盛京 ( Shèngjīng) and Mukden
Shěnhéqū
沈河区
[沈河區]
- Shenhe district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市／沈阳市, Liaoning
Shěnběixīn
沈北新
[沈北新]
- Shenbeixin district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市／沈阳市, Liaoning
Shěn Bǎozhēn
沈葆桢
[沈葆楨]
- Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂／船政学堂 ( Chuánzhèng Xuétáng) in 1866
chényúluòyàn
沈鱼落雁
[沈魚落雁]
- variant of 沉魚落雁／沉鱼落雁 (chényúluòyàn)
Liáoshěn Zhànyì
辽沈战役
[遼瀋戰役]
- Liaoshen Campaign (Sep-Nov 1948), the first of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War
yànyǎoyúchén
雁杳鱼沉
[雁杳魚沈]
- without news from sb (idiom)
Shěnběixīnqū
沈北新区
[沈北新區]
- Shenbeixin district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市／沈阳市, Liaoning
Shěnyáng Gùgōng
沈阳故宫
[瀋陽故宮]
- Mukden Palace, aka Shenyang Imperial Palace, the main imperial palace during the early years of the Qing dynasty (1625-1644), a secondary palace in subsequent years, now a museum