荒淫

Chinese

		out of practice; uncultivated	excessive; wanton; lewd excessive; wanton; lewd; kinky; obscene
trad. (荒淫)		荒	淫
simp. ^#(荒淫)		荒	淫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huāngyín

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ jam⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-îm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāngyín
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huangyín
  - Wade–Giles: huang¹-yin²
  - Yale: hwāng-yín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huangyn
  - Palladius: хуанъинь (xuanʺinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong¹ jam⁴
  - Yale: fōng yàhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ jam⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ yem⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-îm
  - Tâi-lô: hong-îm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hong'iim
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ im²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² im²⁴/

Middle Chinese: xwang yim

Rime
Character	荒	淫
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	侵 (139)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	呼光切	餘針切
Baxter	xwang	yim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwɑŋ/	/jiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑŋ/	/jim/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑŋ/	/jem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaŋ/	/jim/
Li Rong	/xuɑŋ/	/iəm/
Wang Li	/xuɑŋ/	/jĭĕm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xwɑŋ/	/i̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huāng	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong¹	jam⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥ˤaŋ N.r[ə]m/

(Zhengzhang): /*hmaːŋ lɯm/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	荒	淫
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huāng	yín
Middle Chinese	‹ xwang ›	‹ yim ›
Old Chinese	/*m̥ˁaŋ/	/*N.r[ə]m/
English	wasteland; uncultivated land	excess; licentious
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	荒	淫
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	12649	15291
Phonetic component	亡	淫
Rime group	陽	侵
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	荒	淫
Old Chinese	/*hmaːŋ/	/*lɯm/

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

荒淫無恥 / 荒淫无耻 (huāngyínwúchǐ)
荒淫無道 / 荒淫无道

Japanese

Kanji in this term
荒	淫
こう Grade: S	いん Grade: S
on'yomi

Adjective

荒(こう)淫(いん) • (kōin) ^{←くわういん (kwauin)^?}-na (adnominal 荒(こう)淫(いん)な (kōin na), adverbial 荒(こう)淫(いん)に (kōin ni))

sexually indulgent

Noun

荒(こう)淫(いん) • (kōin) ^{←くわういん (kwauin)^?}

indulgence in sex to the point of lewdness