深圳

Shenzhen subprovincial city in Guangdong, special economic zone close to Hong Kong

Characters and words in 深圳

old variant of 深[shen1]
deep / depth / deeply / (of a color) dark / deep / rich

= + + + : In front of the encampment ((e)n1) an eight ball (八) has been fixed to the top of a Christmas tree (木), and on top of the eight ball a cooking top is balanced carefully so that it doesn't topple over. On the cooking top a lot of water bottles (氵) are standing so that everything is perfectly balanced. As Sherlock Holmes (sh) comes along he finds that this construction is very interesting, and he makes a profound (深) mistake with a deep (深) impact: as he takes down only one of the bottles the whole thing collapses and all the other bottles break as they fall on the ground. Soon, Sherlock Holmes is in deep (深) trouble as the water from the water bottles gets deeper and deeper (深).

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) finds a grease fire in front of the encampment ((e)n1). He wants to put it out, but he knows that you shouldn't directly pour water in a grease fire. Instead, to keep a distance from the fire, he pours bottled water (氵) through the top of the chimney above the kitchen range (罙). Soon, the kitchen range is submerged in deep (深) water.
deep (lit. and fig.)
(dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Taiwan pr. [zun4]) / used in place names, notably 深圳[Shen1 zhen4]

Words with 深圳

Shenzhen subprovincial city in Guangdong, special economic zone close to Hong Kong
Shenzhen or Shamchun river Guangdong, the border between Hong Kong new territories and PRC
Shenzhen Stock Exchange, abbr. to 深交所[Shen1 Jiao1 suo3]

Sentences with 深圳

深圳 currently does not appear in any sentence.