同衾

Chinese

		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	coverlet; quilt
trad. (同衾)		同	衾
simp. ^#(同衾)		同	衾
Literally: “to share the same quilt”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóngqīn

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ kam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóngqīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóngcin
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung²-chʻin¹
  - Yale: túng-chīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngchin
  - Palladius: тунцинь (tuncinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung⁴ kam¹
  - Yale: tùhng kām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ kam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ kem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ kʰɐm⁵⁵/

Adjective

同衾

(literary, figuratively) intimate; close

Synonyms

密切 (mìqiè)
接近 (jiējìn)
火熱 / 火热 (huǒrè)
熱和 / 热和 (rèhuo) (colloquial)
熱火 / 热火 (rèhuǒ) (colloquial)
知心 (zhīxīn)
緊密 / 紧密 (jǐnmì)
親切 / 亲切 (qīnqiè)
親善 / 亲善 (qīnshàn) (of relations between countries)
親密 / 亲密 (qīnmì)
親熱 / 亲热 (qīnrè)
親近 / 亲近 (qīnjìn)
貼己 / 贴己 (tiējǐ)
貼身 / 贴身 (tiēshēn)
近 (jìn) (literary, or in compounds)
近乎 (jìnhu) (colloquial)
過心 / 过心 (guòxīn) (regional)
體己 / 体己

Verb

同衾

(literary, figuratively) to become husband and wife

Derived terms

同衾共枕
同衾幬 / 同衾帱
生同衾，死同穴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
同	衾
どう Grade: 2	きん Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーきん [dòókíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [do̞ːkʲĩɴ]

Noun

同(どう)衾(きん) • (dōkin)

sleeping in the same bed
Synonyms: 同床, 共寝

Verb

同(どう)衾(きん)する • (dōkin suru) suru (stem 同(どう)衾(きん)し (dōkin shi), past 同(どう)衾(きん)した (dōkin shita))

to sleep in the same bed

Conjugation

Conjugation of "同衾する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	同衾し	どうきんし	dōkin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	同衾し	どうきんし	dōkin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	同衾する	どうきんする	dōkin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	同衾する	どうきんする	dōkin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	同衾すれ	どうきんすれ	dōkin sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	同衾せよ¹ 同衾しろ²	どうきんせよ¹ どうきんしろ²	dōkin seyo¹ dōkin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	同衾される	どうきんされる	dōkin sareru
Causative	同衾させる同衾さす	どうきんさせるどうきんさす	dōkin saseru dōkin sasu
Potential	同衾できる	どうきんできる	dōkin dekiru
Volitional	同衾しよう	どうきんしよう	dōkin shiyō
Negative	同衾しない	どうきんしない	dōkin shinai
Negative continuative	同衾せず	どうきんせず	dōkin sezu
Formal	同衾します	どうきんします	dōkin shimasu
Perfective	同衾した	どうきんした	dōkin shita
Conjunctive	同衾して	どうきんして	dōkin shite
Hypothetical conditional	同衾すれば	どうきんすれば	dōkin sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“同^▲衾”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026