| 沈丘县 | [ shěn qiū xiàn ] Shenqiu county in Zhoukou 周口[Zhou1 kou3], Henan |
| 沈北新区 | [ shěn beǐ xīn qū ] Shenbeixin district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning |
| 沈国放 | [ shěn guó fàng ] Shen Guofang (1952-), PRC assistant minister of foreign affairs (2003-2005) |
| 沈从文 | [ shěn cóng wén ] Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist |
| 沈复 | [ shěn fù ] Shen Fu (1763-c. 1810), Qing dynasty writer, author of Six Records of a Floating Life 浮生六記|浮生六记[Fu2 Sheng1 Liu4 Ji4] |
| 沈河区 | [ shěn hé qū ] Shenhe district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning |
| 沈莹 | [ shěn yíng ] 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 |
| 沈约 | [ shěn yuē ] 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 |
| 沈葆桢 | [ shěn baǒ zhēn ] Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂|船政学堂[Chuan2 zheng4 Xue2 tang2] in 1866 |
| 沈鱼落雁 | [ chén yú luò yàn ] variant of 沉魚落雁|沉鱼落雁[chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4] |
| 沈 | [ shěn ] liquid, to pour |
| 沈阳 | [ shěn yáng ] Shenyang subprovincial city and capital of Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China, old names include Fengtian 奉天[Feng4 tian1], Shengjing 盛京[Sheng4 jing1] and Mukden |
| 沈阳市 | [ shěn yáng shì ] Shenyang subprovincial city and capital of Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China, old names include Fengtian 奉天[Feng4 tian1], Shengjing 盛京[Sheng4 jing1] and Mukden |
| 沈阳故宫 | [ shěn yáng gù gōng ] 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 |
| ⇒ 辽沈战役 | [ shěn zhàn yì ] 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 |
