深淵

See also: 深渊

Chinese

		deep; profound	abyss
trad. (深淵)		深	淵
simp. (深渊)		深	渊
anagram		淵深／渊深

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnyuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄩㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ jyun¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhim-ian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnyuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄩㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenyuan
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-yüan¹
    • Yale: shēn-ywān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheniuan
    • Palladius: шэньюань (šɛnʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ɥɛn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ jyun¹
    • Yale: sām yūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ jyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ yun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ jyːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-ian
    • Tâi-lô: tshim-ian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chim'iefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰim³³ iɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: syim 'wen

Rime
Character	深	淵
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	先 (86)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	式針切	烏玄切
Baxter	syim	'wen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪm/	/ʔwen/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕim/	/ʔʷen/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjem/	/ʔuɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕim/	/ʔwɛn/
Li Rong	/ɕiəm/	/ʔuen/
Wang Li	/ɕĭĕm/	/iwen/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯əm/	/ʔiwen/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shēn	yuān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sam1	jyun1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l̥][ə]m  [ʔ]ʷˤi[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljum  qʷiːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	深	淵
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shēn	yuān
Middle Chinese	‹ syim ›	‹ ʔwen ›
Old Chinese	/*[l̥][ə]m/	/*[ʔ]ʷˁi[ŋ]/
English	deep	abyss
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	深	淵
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	11255	16099
Phonetic component	罙	淵
Rime group	侵	眞
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	深	淵
Old Chinese	/*hljum/	/*qʷiːn/

Noun

深淵

1. (literally) abyss
2. (figurative) abyss; catastrophic situation
3. (heraldry) abyss (center of an escutcheon)

Synonyms

• (abyss): (literary, figurative) 龍潭／龙潭 (lóngtán)

Derived terms

• 如臨深淵／如临深渊 (rúlínshēnyuān)
• 挑戰者深淵／挑战者深渊 (Tiǎozhànzhě Shēnyuān)
• 深淵薄冰／深渊薄冰
• 萬丈深淵／万丈深渊

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (深淵):

• → Japanese: 深淵(しんえん) (shin'en)
• → Korean: 심연(深淵) (simyeon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
深	淵
しん Grade: 3	えん Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

深(しん)淵(えん) • (shin'en) 

1. abyss

Korean

Hanja in this term
深	淵

Noun

深淵 • (simyeon) (hangeul 심연)

1. Hanja form^? of 심연 (“abyss”).