侵蝕

See also: 侵蚀

Chinese

		to invade; to infringe; to approach	eat up slowly; eclipse
trad. (侵蝕)		侵	蝕
simp. (侵蚀)		侵	蚀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam¹ sik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhim-si̍t / chhim-si̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīnshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cinshíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin¹-shih²
    • Yale: chīn-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinshyr
    • Palladius: циньши (cinʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam¹ sik⁶
    • Yale: chām sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam¹ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem¹ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵ sɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tshim-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chimsit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰim³³ sit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² sit̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-si̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tshim-si̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chimsih
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ siʔ⁴/

Verb

侵蝕

1. to corrode; to erode; to degrade
2. to siphon off (money and goods)

Synonyms

• (to corrode): 腐蝕／腐蚀 (fǔshí)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
侵	蝕
しん Grade: S	しょく Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative forms

• 侵食

Noun

侵(しん)蝕(しょく) • (shinshoku) 

1. erosion; corrosion

Verb

侵(しん)蝕(しょく)する • (shinshoku suru) suru (stem 侵(しん)蝕(しょく)し (shinshoku shi), past 侵(しん)蝕(しょく)した (shinshoku shita))

1. to erode; to corrode

Conjugation

Conjugation of "侵蝕する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	侵蝕し	しんしょくし	shinshoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	侵蝕し	しんしょくし	shinshoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	侵蝕する	しんしょくする	shinshoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	侵蝕する	しんしょくする	shinshoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	侵蝕すれ	しんしょくすれ	shinshoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	侵蝕せよ¹ 侵蝕しろ²	しんしょくせよ¹ しんしょくしろ²	shinshoku seyo¹ shinshoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	侵蝕される	しんしょくされる	shinshoku sareru
Causative	侵蝕させる 侵蝕さす	しんしょくさせる しんしょくさす	shinshoku saseru shinshoku sasu
Potential	侵蝕できる	しんしょくできる	shinshoku dekiru
Volitional	侵蝕しよう	しんしょくしよう	shinshoku shiyō
Negative	侵蝕しない	しんしょくしない	shinshoku shinai
Negative continuative	侵蝕せず	しんしょくせず	shinshoku sezu
Formal	侵蝕します	しんしょくします	shinshoku shimasu
Perfective	侵蝕した	しんしょくした	shinshoku shita
Conjunctive	侵蝕して	しんしょくして	shinshoku shite
Hypothetical conditional	侵蝕すれば	しんしょくすれば	shinshoku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative