荒淫

Chinese

		out of practice; uncultivated	excessive; wanton; lewd excessive; wanton; lewd; kinky; obscene
trad. (荒淫)		荒	淫
simp. #(荒淫)		荒	淫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāngyín

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤ ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ jam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-îm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāngyín
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤ ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huangyín
    • Wade–Giles: huang¹-yin²
    • Yale: hwāng-yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huangyn
    • Palladius: хуанъинь (xuanʺinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong¹ jam⁴
    • Yale: fōng yàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ jam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ yem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-îm
    • Tâi-lô: hong-îm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hong'iim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ im²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xwang yim

Rime
Character	荒	淫
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	呼光切	餘針切
Baxter	xwang	yim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwɑŋ/	/jiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑŋ/	/jim/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑŋ/	/jem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaŋ/	/jim/
Li Rong	/xuɑŋ/	/iəm/
Wang Li	/xuɑŋ/	/jĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwɑŋ/	/i̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huāng	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong1	jam4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥ˤaŋ  N.r[ə]m/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hmaːŋ  lɯm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	荒	淫
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huāng	yín
Middle Chinese	‹ xwang ›	‹ yim ›
Old Chinese	/*m̥ˁaŋ/	/*N.r[ə]m/
English	wasteland; uncultivated land	excess; licentious
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	荒	淫
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	12649	15291
Phonetic component	亡	淫
Rime group	陽	侵
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	荒	淫
Old Chinese	/*hmaːŋ/	/*lɯm/

Adjective

荒淫

1. licentious; dissolute

Synonyms

• 下流 (xiàliú)
• 流淫 (liúyín) (literary)
• 淫猥 (yínwěi)
• 淫穢／淫秽 (yínhuì)
• 淫蕩／淫荡 (yíndàng)
• 淫賤／淫贱 (yínjiàn)
• 淫靡 (yínmǐ)
• 私褻／私亵 (sīxiè) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 荒淫無恥／荒淫无耻 (huāngyínwúchǐ)
• 荒淫無道／荒淫无道