嶔崟

Chinese

		loftiness (of mountain)	high; rugged mountains; steep
trad. (嶔崟)		嶔	崟
simp. (嵚崟)		嵚	崟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnyín

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣ ㄧㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīnyín
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣ ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinyín
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin¹-yin²
    • Yale: chīn-yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinyn
    • Palladius: циньинь (cinʹinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ in³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khim ngim

Rime
Character	嶔	崟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	去金切	魚金切
Baxter	khim	ngim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiɪm/	/ŋˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚim/	/ŋᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiem/	/ŋiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjim/	/ŋjim/
Li Rong	/kʰjəm/	/ŋjəm/
Wang Li	/kʰĭĕm/	/ŋĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯əm/	/ŋi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qīn	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ham1	ngam4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰrɯm  ŋɡrɯm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嶔	崟
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6684	6692
Phonetic component	金	金
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	欽	吟
Old Chinese	/*kʰrɯm/	/*ŋɡrɯm/
Notes	見公羊傳

Noun

嶔崟

1. (literary) dangerously steep; precipitous

Synonyms

• 壁立 (bìlì) (chiefly of a mountain peak, cliff, etc.)
• 岢峨 (kě'é) (literary, of a mountain, high and steep)
• 岢峻 (kějùn) (literary, of a mountain, high and steep)
• 峭 (qiào) (in compounds only)
• 峻峭 (jùnqiào) (of a mountain, high and steep)
• 崒 (zú) (literary)
• 崎 (qí) (literary or Min Nan)
• 嶜崟 (dangerously steep)
• 巀嶭 (of mountains, high, lofty, and steep)
• 巉岩 (chányán) (literary)
• 巉峻 (chánjùn) (literary)
• 巉巉 (chánchán) (literary)
• 筆陡／笔陡 (bǐdǒu)
• 陡 (dǒu)
• 陡峭 (dǒuqiào)
• 陡直 (dǒuzhí)
• 險峻／险峻 (xiǎnjùn) (dangerously steep)
• 高峻 (gāojùn) (of a mountain, high and steep)