浸淫

Chinese

		immerse; soak; steep	excessive; wanton; lewd excessive; wanton; lewd; kinky; obscene
trad. (浸淫)		浸	淫
simp. #(浸淫)		浸	淫
alternative forms		浸潯／浸浔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnyín, jìnyín

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣ ㄧㄣˊ, ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīnyín
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣ ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinyín
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin¹-yin²
    • Yale: chīn-yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinyn
    • Palladius: циньинь (cinʹinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ in³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnyín
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnyín
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-yin²
    • Yale: jìn-yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnyn
    • Palladius: цзиньинь (czinʹinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹ in³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshim yim

Rime
Character	浸	淫
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	七林切	餘針切
Baxter	tshim	yim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiɪm/	/jiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰim/	/jim/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjem/	/jem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰim/	/jim/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiəm/	/iəm/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭĕm/	/jĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯əm/	/i̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīn	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cam1	jam4

Verb

浸淫

1. (literary) to soak; to drench
2. (literary) to imbue; to instill; to immerse
3. (literary) to gradually spread; to approach; to encroach

Adverb

浸淫

1. (literary) gradually