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浸

Mandarin · pinyin jìn

to immerse
to soak
to steep
gradually

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浸: jìn · soak, immerse, dip, percolate

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4 · jin4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cam1 · zam3

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

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character · Etymology 1

to soak; to sit in water (or liquid)
to immerse something in water (or liquid)
(Christianity, chiefly Baptist) to get baptized
(in shortened forms) Baptist
(literary) gradually

character · Etymology 2

Used in compounds.

character · Etymology 3

(Cantonese) to drown

character · Etymology 4

(Cantonese) Classifier for layers/sections.

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