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jìn

Meanings

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jìn
  1. 1.to immerse
  2. 2.to soak
  3. 3.to steep
  4. 4.gradually

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to soak; to sit in water (or liquid)
  2. 2.to immerse something in water (or liquid)
  3. 3.to get baptized
  4. 4.Baptist
  5. 5.gradually
  6. 6.Used in compounds.
  7. 7.to drown
  8. 8.Classifier for layers/sections.

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔsims, *sʰim): semantic 水 + phonetic 𡩠 (qǐn). Cognate with Burmese စိမ် (cim, “to steep; to soak”), Burmese စိမ့် (cim., “to seep; to ooze”) (Schuessler, 2007). Probably unrelated to 沉 (OC *l'um).

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Stroke order

Components

浸氵彐冖又

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

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Synonyms

泡浸泡浸漬浸渍浸潯浸浔慢慢步步浸漸浸渐漸次渐次漸漸渐渐稍稍逐步逐漸逐渐滲入渗入滲透渗透

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Derived terms

受浸巨浸施浸沉浸浸信會浸信会浸入浸劑浸剂浸微浸微浸消浸染浸水浸泡浸浴浸漬浸渍浸漸浸渐浸潤浸润浸潤之譖浸润之谮浸濕浸湿浸禮浸礼浸禮會浸礼会浸種

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Related words

沉浸 to soak浸泡 to steep浸透 to soak; to saturate; to drench; to permeate浸入 to soak浸种 to soak seeds (in water to hasten germination, or in a chemical solution to prevent damage from insects etc)浸润 to permeate浸湿 to soak浸剂 infusion (pharm.)浸渍 to soak浸淫 (literary) (of a liquid or vapor etc) to permeate; to saturate; to suffuse浸染 to be contaminated受浸 to be baptized