浸泡

Chinese

		immerse; soak; steep	to steep; soak; bubble(s) to steep; soak; bubble(s); foam; puffed; swollen
trad. (浸泡)		浸	泡
simp. #(浸泡)		浸	泡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnpào

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄆㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam³ paau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnpào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄆㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnpào
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴-pʻao⁴
    • Yale: jìn-pàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinnpaw
    • Palladius: цзиньпао (czinʹpao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam³ paau³
    • Yale: jam paau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam³ paau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem³ pao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³³ pʰaːu̯³³/

Verb

浸泡

1. to soak (in a liquid); to steep

   衣服已經浸泡很久了。快點去洗吧！ [MSC, trad.]
   衣服已经浸泡很久了。快点去洗吧！ [MSC, simp.]

   Yīfú yǐjīng jìnpào hěn jiǔ le. Kuàidiǎn qù xǐ ba! [Pinyin]

   The clothes have been soaked for a long time. Quickly go wash them!

Synonyms

• 泡 (pào)
• 浸
• 浸漬／浸渍 (jìnzì)
• 浸潯／浸浔 (qīnyín) (literary)