冉冉

Chinese

		passing (of time)	passing (of time)
simp. and trad. (冉冉)		冉	冉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rǎnrǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄢˇ ㄖㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁵ jim⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liám-liám / jiám-jiám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rǎnrǎn [Phonetic: ránrǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄢˇ ㄖㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rǎnrǎn
    • Wade–Giles: jan³-jan³
    • Yale: rǎn-rǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raanraan
    • Palladius: жаньжань (žanʹžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁵ jim⁵
    • Yale: yíhm yíhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁵ jim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁵ yim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm¹³ jiːm¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liám-liám
    • Tâi-lô: liám-liám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liafmliarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liam⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiám-jiám
    • Tâi-lô: jiám-jiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiafmjiarm
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ziam⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyemX nyemX

Rime
Character	冉
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而琰切
Baxter	nyemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiᴇmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɛmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjæmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiamX/
Li Rong	/ȵiɛmX/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭɛmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ɛmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njamʔ  njamʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	冉
Reading #	2/2
No.	10784
Phonetic component	冉
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	冉
Old Chinese	/*njamʔ/

Adverb

冉冉

1. (ideophonic) slowly; gradually

Derived terms

• 冉冉上昇／冉冉上升

 

Adjective

冉冉

1. (ideophonic, literary) walking slowly
2. (ideophonic, of tree branches, etc.) hanging down loosely
3. (ideophonic, literary) filling the air; permeating