浸透

Chinese

		immerse; soak; steep	to penetrate; thorough; penetrating to penetrate; thorough; penetrating; to pass through; to pierce
trad. (浸透)		浸	透
simp. ^#(浸透)		浸	透

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìntòu

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄡˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chìm-thàu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìntòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìntòu
  - Wade–Giles: chin⁴-tʻou⁴
  - Yale: jìn-tòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinntow
  - Palladius: цзиньтоу (czinʹtou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìm-thàu
  - Tâi-lô: tsìm-thàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciemtaux
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sim²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sim⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰau⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sim²¹⁻⁵³ tʰau²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sim¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰau¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sim²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰau²¹/

Verb

浸透

to soak through; to saturate
to penetrate; to permeate
to undergo osmosis

Japanese

Kanji in this term
浸	透
しん Grade: S	とう Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
滲透 (dated)

Etymology

浸 is a daiyōji replacing 滲.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんとー [shìńtóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɕĩnto̞ː]

Noun

浸(しん)透(とう) • (shintō) ^{←しんとう (sintou)^?}

Derived terms

浸(しん)透(とう)圧(あつ) (shintōatsu)

Verb

浸(しん)透(とう)する • (shintō suru) ^{←しんとう (sintou)^?}intransitive suru (stem 浸(しん)透(とう)し (shintō shi), past 浸(しん)透(とう)した (shintō shita))

(of a liquid) to penetrate, permeate, or infiltrate a body
(of a product) to penetrate a market; (of thought, culture, etc.) to permeate, to spread, to pervade; to instill a philosophy
- 2025 July 23, “「痛風鍋」夏も人気”, in 中日新聞 [Chunichi Shimbun], 朝刊（市民版） [Nagoya morning] edition, number 29682, page 9:
  
  カキやイクラ、あん肝(きも)など痛(つう)風(ふう)の原(げん)因(いん)とされるプリン体(たい)を多(おお)く含(ふく)む食(しょく)材(ざい)を盛(も)り合(あ)わせた「痛(つう)風(ふう)鍋(なべ)」が居(い)酒(ざか)屋(や)などで浸(しん)透(とう)している。
  Kaki ya ikura, ankimo nado tsūfū no gen'in to sareru purintai o ōku fukumu shokuzai o moriawaseta “tsūfū nabe” ga izakaya nado de shintō shite iru.
  "Gout hotpot," a dish heaped with ingredients like oysters, salmon roe, and monkfish liver that are high in purines, which are believed to cause gout, has become popular at izakayas and other establishments.
to undergo osmosis

Conjugation

Conjugation of "浸透する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	浸透し	しんとうし	shintō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	浸透し	しんとうし	shintō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	浸透する	しんとうする	shintō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	浸透する	しんとうする	shintō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	浸透すれ	しんとうすれ	shintō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	浸透せよ¹ 浸透しろ²	しんとうせよ¹ しんとうしろ²	shintō seyo¹ shintō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	浸透される	しんとうされる	shintō sareru
Causative	浸透させる浸透さす	しんとうさせるしんとうさす	shintō saseru shintō sasu
Potential	浸透できる	しんとうできる	shintō dekiru
Volitional	浸透しよう	しんとうしよう	shintō shiyō
Negative	浸透しない	しんとうしない	shintō shinai
Negative continuative	浸透せず	しんとうせず	shintō sezu
Formal	浸透します	しんとうします	shintō shimasu
Perfective	浸透した	しんとうした	shintō shita
Conjunctive	浸透して	しんとうして	shintō shite
Hypothetical conditional	浸透すれば	しんとうすれば	shintō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ 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
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
浸	透

Noun

浸透 • (chimtu) (hangeul 침투)

hanja form^? of 침투