| 淪 | [ lún ] to sink (into ruin, oblivion), to be reduced to |
| 淪亡 | [ lún wáng ] (of a country) to perish, to be annexed, subjugation (to a foreign power) |
| 淪喪 | [ lún sàng ] to be lost, to be ruined, to perish, to wither away |
| 淪沒 | [ lún mò ] to sink, to drown |
| 淪沒喪亡 | [ lún mò sàng wáng ] to die, to perish |
| 淪浹 | [ lún jiā ] to be deeply affected, moved to the core |
| 淪滅 | [ lún miè ] to perish, extinction |
| 淪為 | [ lún weí ] to sink down to, to be reduced to (sth inferior) |
| 淪肌浹髓 | [ lún jī jiā suǐ ] lit. penetrate to the marrow (idiom); deeply affected, moved to the core |
| 淪落 | [ lún luò ] to degenerate, impoverished, to fall (into poverty), to be reduced (to begging) |
| 淪陷 | [ lún xiàn ] to fall into enemy hands, to be occupied, to degenerate, to submerge |
| 淪陷區 | [ lún xiàn qū ] enemy-held territory |
| ⇒ 沉淪 | [ chén lún ] to sink into (vice, depravity etc), to pass into oblivion, downfall, passing |
| ⇒ 道德淪喪 | [ daò dé lún sàng ] moral bankruptcy, moral degeneracy |