侵蝕

See also: 侵蚀

Chinese

		to invade; to infringe; to approach	eat up slowly; eclipse
trad. (侵蝕)		侵	蝕
simp. (侵蚀)		侵	蚀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam¹ sik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhim-si̍t / chhim-si̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīnshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinshíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin¹-shih²
    • Yale: chīn-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinshyr
    • Palladius: циньши (cinʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam¹ sik⁶
    • Yale: chām sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam¹ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem¹ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵ sɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tshim-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chimsit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰim³³ sit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-si̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tshim-si̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chimsih
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ siʔ⁴/

Verb

侵蝕

1. to corrode; to erode; to degrade

   骨侵蝕／骨侵蚀  ―  gǔ qīnshí  ―  bone erosion

2. to siphon off (money and goods)

Synonyms

• (to corrode): 腐蝕／腐蚀 (fǔshí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
侵	蝕
しん Grade: S	しょく Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 侵蝕 – see the following entry.

【侵食しんしょく】 [noun] erosion; corrosion [verb] to erode; to corrode

(This term, 侵蝕, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)