| 沈 | [ shěn ] surname Shen, place name |
| 沈 | [ chén ] variant of 沉[chen2] |
| 沈丘 | [ shěn qiū ] Shenqiu county in Zhoukou 周口[Zhou1 kou3], Henan |
| 沈丘縣 | [ shěn qiū xiàn ] Shenqiu county in Zhoukou 周口[Zhou1 kou3], Henan |
| 沈北新 | [ shěn beǐ xīn ] Shenbeixin district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning |
| 沈北新區 | [ shěn beǐ xīn qū ] Shenbeixin district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning |
| 沈國放 | [ shěn guó fàng ] Shen Guofang (1952-), PRC assistant minister of foreign affairs (2003-2005) |
| 沈從文 | [ shěn cóng wén ] Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist |
| 沈復 | [ 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] |
| 沈括 | [ shěn kuò ] Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 夢溪筆談|梦溪笔谈[Meng4 Xi1 Bi3 tan2] |
| 沈河 | [ shěn hé ] Shenhe district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning |
| 沈河區 | [ shěn hé qū ] Shenhe district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning |
| 沈瑩 | [ 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 |
| 沈約 | [ 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 |
| 沈葆楨 | [ 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 |
| 沈魚落雁 | [ chén yú luò yàn ] variant of 沉魚落雁|沉鱼落雁[chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4] |
| ⇒ 雁杳魚沈 | [ yàn yaǒ yú chén ] without news from sb (idiom) |
