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淫

Cantonese · source Jyutpingjam4

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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jam44 · low falling

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Same syllable, six tones

jam音jam1sound 饮jam2to drink 窨jam3a cellar 淫jam4excess 荏jam5Perilla ocimoides 任jam6to assign

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

淫

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

淫 yín CC-CEDICT · Mandarinexcess; excessive; wanton; lewd; lascivious; obscene; depraved

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: yin2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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jam4

Cantonese word readings for 淫. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character · Etymology 1

to soak; to permeate; to drench
to paint; to dye; to decorate
to spread; to diffuse; to become prominent
to move around; to shift; to travel
to exceed boundary; to overstep one's authority
excessive; uncontrolled; immoderate; overindulgent
great; sizeable; immense; big
(alt. form 霪) to rain for a prolonged period of time; to have continuous heavy rain
meretricious; flashy; ostentatious
extravagant; squandering; wasteful
evil; wicked; sinful; crafty
in disorder; disorderly; chaotic; disorganised
to confuse or be confused; to make someone dazed and confused
to let someone have his or her own way; to allow to run wild
(alt. form 婬／淫) to indulge in; to overindulge; to abandon oneself in; to be greedy for
(alt. form 婬／淫) to have illicit sexual relations; to commit adultery
(alt. form 婬／淫) licentious; obscene; lewd; lascivious; depraved; pornographic
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 深 (shēn, “deep; deeply”)

character · Etymology 1

only used in 淫預／淫预: alternative form of 灩澦 /滟滪 (“a dangerous pile of rocks in the middle of the Yangtze River in Sichuan”)

character · Etymology 1

(mythology, historical) Alternative name for 瑤池／瑶池 (Yáochí, “a legendary body of water”).

character · Etymology 2

(Hokkien) alternative form of 澹 (“wet”)

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