淫聲

Chinese

		excessive; wanton; lewd excessive; wanton; lewd; kinky; obscene	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (淫聲)		淫	聲
simp. (淫声)		淫	声

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yínshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁴ sing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yìm-sâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yínshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yínsheng
    • Wade–Giles: yin²-shêng¹
    • Yale: yín-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynsheng
    • Palladius: иньшэн (inʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam⁴ sing¹
    • Yale: yàhm sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁴ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem⁴ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìm-sâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: imˇ sang´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yim² sang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /im¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yìm-sâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)imˇ sang´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yim² sang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)im¹¹ saŋ²⁴/

Noun

淫聲

1. (literary) licentious music
   • Sima Qian, James Legge, transl., Shiji [1]:

     […]乃斷棄其先祖之樂，乃爲淫聲，用變亂正聲，以悅婦人 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     […]乃断弃其先祖之乐，乃为淫声，用变乱正声，以悦妇人 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     […] nǎi duànqì qí xiānzǔ zhī yuè, nǎi wèi yínshēng, yòng biàn luàn zhèngshēng, yǐ yuè fùrén [Pinyin]

     He has cast away the music of his forefathers, and by making dissolute melodies he has changed the correct melodies, to please his woman.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淫	聲
いん Grade: S	せい Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

淫(いん)聲(せい) • (insei) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 淫声