"意淫" meaning in Chinese

See 意淫 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /i⁵¹ in³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jiː³³ jɐm²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: YY [alternative, Simplified-Chinese]
Etymology: Coined in the Qing dynasty novel Dream of the Red Chamber (18th century). Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 意淫
  1. (derogatory) to fantasize (about sexual acts) Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-意淫-zh-verb-7LzuxbWm Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15
  2. (derogatory, by extension) to make up (e.g. an unrealistic fantasy) Tags: broadly, derogatory
    Sense id: en-意淫-zh-verb-ey8c-w2k

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "Coined in the Qing dynasty novel Dream of the Red Chamber (18th century).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "YY",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "意淫",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fantasize (about sexual acts)"
      ],
      "id": "en-意淫-zh-verb-7LzuxbWm",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "fantasize",
          "fantasize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) to fantasize (about sexual acts)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to make up (e.g. an unrealistic fantasy)"
      ],
      "id": "en-意淫-zh-verb-ey8c-w2k",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "make up",
          "make up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, by extension) to make up (e.g. an unrealistic fantasy)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìyín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˋ ㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji³ jam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìyín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˋ ㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìyín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i⁴-yin²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yì-yín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yihyn"
    },
    {
      "roman": "iinʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "иинь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵¹ in³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji³ jam⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi yàhm"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji³ jam⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi³ yem⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː³³ jɐm²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dream of the Red Chamber"
  ],
  "word": "意淫"
}
{
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 意",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 淫",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Coined in the Qing dynasty novel Dream of the Red Chamber (18th century).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "YY",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "意淫",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese derogatory terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fantasize (about sexual acts)"
      ],
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        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "fantasize",
          "fantasize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) to fantasize (about sexual acts)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Chinese derogatory terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make up (e.g. an unrealistic fantasy)"
      ],
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          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "make up",
          "make up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, by extension) to make up (e.g. an unrealistic fantasy)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "derogatory"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìyín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˋ ㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji³ jam⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìyín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧˋ ㄧㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yìyín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "i⁴-yin²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yì-yín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yihyn"
    },
    {
      "roman": "iinʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "иинь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i⁵¹ in³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji³ jam⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi yàhm"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ji³ jam⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yi³ yem⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiː³³ jɐm²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Dream of the Red Chamber"
  ],
  "word": "意淫"
}

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