漸近

See also: 渐近

Chinese

		gradual; gradually; imbue	near; close (to); approximately
trad. (漸近)		漸	近
simp. (渐近)		渐	近

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiànjìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim⁶ gan⁶ / zim⁶ kan⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiām-kīn / chiām-kūn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiànjìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiànjìn
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-chin⁴
    • Yale: jyàn-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiannjinn
    • Palladius: цзяньцзинь (czjanʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zim⁶ gan⁶ / zim⁶ kan⁵
    • Yale: jihm gahn / jihm káhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim⁶ gan⁶ / dzim⁶ kan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim⁶ gen⁶ / jim⁶ ken⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm²² kɐn²²/, /t͡siːm²² kʰɐn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiām-kīn
    • Tâi-lô: tsiām-kīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaxmkin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam³³⁻²¹ kin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiām-kūn
    • Tâi-lô: tsiām-kūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaxmkun
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam³³⁻¹¹ kun³³/

Verb

漸近

1. (literary) to gradually become close to; to approach

Derived terms

• 漸近線／渐近线 (jiànjìnxiàn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
漸	近
ぜん Grade: S	きん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ŋʲkʲĩɴ]

Noun

漸(ぜん)近(きん) • (zenkin) 

1. (mathematics) asymptote

Related terms

• 漸近線(ぜんきんせん) (zenkinsen, “asymptote”)