浸入 (jìn rù) — to penetrate; to permeate; to immerse

Definition

A formal/literary verb for something gradually soaking into or permeating something else (liquid into soil, ideas into culture). Stronger and more written than 渗入, which implies slower seeping through.

verb
to penetrateto permeateto immerse
Easily confused

Examples

  • 浸入。
    Yǔ shuǐ màn màn jìn rù le tǔ rǎng.
    Rainwater slowly penetrated the soil.
  • 浸入。
    Zhè zhǒng sī xiǎng yǐ jīng jìn rù le tā men de wén huà.
    This kind of thought has permeated their culture.
  • 浸入。
    Tā bǎ bù jìn rù le rǎn liào zhōng.
    He immersed the cloth in the dye.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

浸jìnsoak
入rùenter

浸 (soak) and 入 (enter) combine to mean soak into or immerse.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡩠
𡩠𡩠浸jìn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

浸 is built from 水, meaning water, and 𡩠, which gives the sound.

Open 浸 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

Open 入 →

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