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Chinese
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out of practice; uncultivated
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excessive; wanton; lewd excessive; wanton; lewd; kinky; obscene |
| trad. (荒淫)
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荒
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淫
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| simp. #(荒淫)
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荒
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淫
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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荒
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淫
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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huāng
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yín
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ xwang ›
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‹ yim ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*m̥ˁaŋ/
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/*N.rm/
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| English
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wasteland; uncultivated land
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excess; licentious
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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荒
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淫
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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| No.
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12649
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15291
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Phonetic
component
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亡
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淫
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Rime
group
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陽
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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荒
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淫
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Old
Chinese
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/*hmaːŋ/
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/*lɯm/
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Adjective
荒淫
- licentious; dissolute
Synonyms
- 下流 (xiàliú)
- 流淫 (liúyín) (literary)
- 淫猥 (yínwěi)
- 淫穢／淫秽 (yínhuì)
- 淫蕩／淫荡 (yíndàng)
- 淫賤／淫贱 (yínjiàn)
- 淫靡 (yínmǐ)
- 私褻／私亵 (sīxiè) (literary)
Derived terms
Japanese
Adjective
荒淫 • (kōin) ←くわういん (kwauin)?-na (adnominal 荒淫な (kōin na), adverbial 荒淫に (kōin ni))
- sexually indulgent
Noun
荒淫 • (kōin) ←くわういん (kwauin)?
- indulgence in sex to the point of lewdness