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
• Eastern Min (BUC): ìng-luâng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): îm-loān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): im⁵ luang⁶

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• 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/
• 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/

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• 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/	/luɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/jim/	/lʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/jem/	/luɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jim/	/lwanH/
Li Rong	/iəm/	/luɑnH/
Wang Li	/jĭĕm/	/luɑnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯əm/	/luɑnH/
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 ›	‹ lwanH ›
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

1. 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)