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Chinese
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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呻
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吟
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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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shēn
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yín
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Middle Chinese
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‹ syin ›
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‹ ngim ›
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Old Chinese
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/*l̥i/
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/*m-qʰ(r)m/
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English
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chant, drone
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chant, intone
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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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呻
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吟
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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No.
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11237
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6618
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Phonetic component
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申
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今
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Rime group
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眞
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侵
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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申
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吟
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Old Chinese
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/*hlin/
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/*ŋɡrɯm/
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Verb
呻吟
- to moan; to groan
- 發出痛苦的呻吟/发出痛苦的呻吟 ― fāchū tòngkǔ de shēnyín ― to moan in pain
- (literary) to read aloud; to chant
Synonyms
- (to moan): (Hokkien) 哼哼呻, 哼哼叫
- (to read aloud):
- 低吟 (dīyín)
- 吟唱 (yínchàng)
- 吟詠 / 吟咏 (yínyǒng)
- 吟誦 / 吟诵 (yínsòng)
- 哦 (é) (literary)
- 唱誦 / 唱诵 (chàngsòng)
- 嘆 / 叹 (tàn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 詠嘆 / 咏叹 (yǒngtàn)
- 誦讀 / 诵读 (sòngdú)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
呻吟 • (shingin) ←しんぎん (singin)?
- moaning; groaning
Verb
呻吟する • (shingin suru) ←しんぎん (singin)?suru (stem 呻吟し (shingin shi), past 呻吟した (shingin shita))
- to moan; to groan
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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呻吟し
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しんぎんし
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shingin shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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呻吟し
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しんぎんし
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shingin shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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呻吟する
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しんぎんする
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shingin suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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呻吟する
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しんぎんする
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shingin suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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呻吟すれ
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しんぎんすれ
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shingin sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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呻吟せよ¹ 呻吟しろ²
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しんぎんせよ¹ しんぎんしろ²
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shingin seyo¹ shingin shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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呻吟される
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しんぎんされる
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shingin sareru
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Causative
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呻吟させる 呻吟さす
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しんぎんさせる しんぎんさす
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shingin saseru shingin sasu
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Potential
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呻吟できる
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しんぎんできる
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shingin dekiru
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Volitional
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呻吟しよう
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しんぎんしよう
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shingin shiyō
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Negative
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呻吟しない
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しんぎんしない
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shingin shinai
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Negative continuative
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呻吟せず
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しんぎんせず
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shingin sezu
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Formal
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呻吟します
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しんぎんします
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shingin shimasu
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Perfective
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呻吟した
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しんぎんした
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shingin shita
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Conjunctive
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呻吟して
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しんぎんして
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shingin shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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呻吟すれば
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しんぎんすれば
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shingin sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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References
Korean
Noun
呻吟 • (sineum) (hangeul 신음)
- hanja form? of 신음 (“moan; groan”)