淫亂

See also: 淫乱

Chinese

		excessive; wanton; lewd excessive; wanton; lewd; kinky; obscene	in confusion; disorderly
trad. (淫亂)		淫	亂
simp. (淫乱)		淫	乱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yínluàn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁴ lyun⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yìm-lon

(Hailu, HRS): rhim lon^˖
Eastern Min (BUC): ìng-luâng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): îm-loān

(Teochew, Peng'im): im⁵ luang⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yínluàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yínluàn
  - Wade–Giles: yin²-luan⁴
  - Yale: yín-lwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynluann
  - Palladius: иньлуань (inʹluanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ lu̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam⁴ lyun⁶
  - Yale: yàhm lyuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁴ lyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem⁴ lün⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm²¹ lyːn²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìm-lon
  - Hakka Romanization System: im^ˇ lon
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yim² lon⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /im¹¹ lon⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìm-lon
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)im^ˇ lon
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yim² lon⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)im¹¹ lon⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhim lon^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒim⁵⁵ lon³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ìng-luâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(l-)nˡuɑŋ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: îm-loān
  - Tâi-lô: îm-luān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: imloan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /im²⁴⁻²² luan²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /im²⁴⁻²² luan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /im¹³⁻²² luan²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /im²⁴⁻¹¹ luan³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /im²³⁻³³ luan³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: im⁵ luang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: îm luăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /im⁵⁵⁻¹¹ luaŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: yim lwanH

Rime
Character	淫	亂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	餘針切	郎段切
Baxter	yim	lwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiɪm/	/luɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/jim/	/lʷɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/jem/	/luɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jim/	/lwan^H/
Li Rong	/iəm/	/luɑn^H/
Wang Li	/jĭĕm/	/luɑn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯əm/	/luɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yín	luàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jam⁴	lyun⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*N.r[ə]m [r]ˤo[n]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*lɯm roːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	淫	亂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yín	luàn
Middle Chinese	‹ yim ›	‹ lwan^H ›
Old Chinese	/*N.r[ə]m/	/*[r]ˁo[n]-s/
English	excess; licentious	disorder, rebellion
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淫	亂
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15291	8645
Phonetic component	淫	亂
Rime group	侵	元
Rime subdivision	1	3
Corresponding MC rime	淫	亂
Old Chinese	/*lɯm/	/*roːns/

Verb

淫亂

to be promiscuous; to be licentious

Synonyms

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淫逸 (yínyì) (literary)
穢亂 / 秽乱 (huìluàn) (literary)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (淫亂):

→ Japanese: 淫乱(いんらん) (inran)
→ Korean: 음란(淫亂) (eumnan)
→ Vietnamese: dâm loạn (淫亂)