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/
Bernhard 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

   • 其存而在下者，孟郊東野始以其詩鳴，其高出魏晉，不懈而及於古，其他浸淫乎漢氏矣。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     其存而在下者，孟郊东野始以其诗鸣，其高出魏晋，不懈而及于古，其他浸淫乎汉氏矣。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 802, 韓愈,《送孟東野序》

     Qí cún ér zài xià zhě, mèng Jiāo Dōngyě shǐ yǐ qí shī míng, qí gāochū Wèi-Jìn, bùxiè ér jí yú gǔ, qítā jìnyín hū Hàn-shì yǐ. [Pinyin]

     Of those in lesser stations among our contemporaries, Meng Jiao was the first one to sound forth in poetry. His loftiness surpasses the Wei and Jin and with unrelenting energy reaches the Ancients, while others seemingly approach Han.

Adverb

浸淫

1. (literary) gradually