
| chén | variant of 沉 | 
| shěn | surname Shen/place name/liquid/to pour | 
| 沈 | surname Shen place name  | 
| 沈丘 | Shenqiu county in Zhoukou 周口 | 
| 沈丘县 | Shenqiu county in Zhoukou 周口 | 
| 沈井 | [Architecture] an open caisson | 
| 沈从文 | Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist | 
| 沈冤莫白 | grievous wrongs that can never be redressed | 
| 沈北新 | Shenbeixin district of Shenyang city 沈陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning | 
| 沈北新区 | Shenbeixin district of Shenyang city 沈陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning | 
| 沈国放 | Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson | 
| 沈复 | Shen Fu (1763-c. 1810), Qing dynasty writer, author of Six records of a floating life 浮生六記|浮生六记 | 
| 沈河 | Shenhe district of Shenyang city 沈陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning | 
| 沈河区 | Shenhe district of Shenyang city 沈陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning | 
| 沈淀池 | a precipitating tank; a sedimentation tank | 
| 沈砂池 | a grit chamber | 
| 沈管 | an immersed tube | 
| 沈约 | 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 | 
| 沈莹 | 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 | 
| 沈葆祯 | Shen Baozhen, Qing Minister of Navy, founded Fuzhou naval college 船政學堂|船政学堂 in 1866 | 
| 沈阳 | Shenyang subprovincial city and capital of Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China old names include Fengtian 奉天, Shengjing 盛京 and Mukden  | 
| 沈阳市 | Shenyang prefecture level city and capital of Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China old names include Fengtian 奉天, Shengjing 盛京 and Mukden  |