淪

沦
lún
  1. to sink (into ruin, oblivion)
  2. to be reduced to

CEDICT

  1. ripple; small waves
  2. to be lost; to disappear; to become nothing
  3. to sink (into ruin); to decline; to fall
  4. to sink; to become submerged; to be engulfed

Wiktionary

  1. 水面上的小波紋。
  2. 沉沒、隱沒。
  3. 陷入、流落。
  4. 滅亡、喪失。

重編國語辭典

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沉淪 chénlún
  1. to sink into (vice, depravity etc)
  2. to pass into oblivion
  3. downfall; passing
淪亡 lúnwáng
  1. (of a country) to perish
  2. to be annexed
  3. subjugation (to a foreign power)
淪喪 lúnsàng
  1. to be lost
  2. to be ruined
  3. to perish
  4. to wither away
淪沒 lúnmò
  1. to sink
  2. to drown
淪浹 lúnjiā
  1. to be deeply affected
  2. moved to the core
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低陷 dīxiàn
  1. to sink
  2. to settle
沉沒 chénmò to sink
沉落 chénluò
  1. to sink
  2. to fall
淪沒 lúnmò
  1. to sink
  2. to drown
塌陷 tāxiàn
  1. to subside
  2. to sink
  3. to cave in
落水 luòshuǐ
  1. to fall into water
  2. to sink
  3. overboard
  4. fig. to degenerate
  5. to sink (into depravity)
  6. to go to the dogs
他們救了這個落水的男孩。

They rescued the boy from drowning.

Source: Tatoeba

沉 chén
  1. to submerge
  2. to immerse
  3. to sink
  4. to keep down
  5. to lower
  6. to drop
  7. deep
  8. profound
  9. heavy
它沉了。

It sank.

Source: Tatoeba

陷 xiàn
  1. pitfall
  2. trap
  3. to get stuck
  4. to sink
  5. to cave in
  6. to frame (false charge)
  7. to capture (a city in battle)
  8. to fall (to the enemy)
  9. defect
這輛車陷在泥裡了。

The car got stuck in the mud.

Source: Tatoeba

淪為 lúnwéi
  1. to sink down to
  2. to be reduced to (sth inferior)