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浸

Cantonese · source Jyutpingzam3#

(verb) 1. drown; (adjective) flooding

Cantonese · source Jyutpingzam3#

to immerse
to soak
to steep
gradually
to spend time in a place or a job

Cantonese · source Jyutpingcam1#

to immerse
to soak
to steep
gradually
to spend time in a place or a job

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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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Reading & tones

zam33 · mid level

cam11 · high level

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Same syllable, six tones

zam针zam1needle 怎zam2how 浸zam3to immersezam4—zam5—朕zam6I

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

浸

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

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

浸 jìn CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto immerse; to soak; to steep; gradually

A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: jin4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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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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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 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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