渐 (漸) jiàn

  1. jiàn adverb gradually; drop by drop
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 慢慢 or 逐步; for example, the idiom 渐入佳境 'a gradually improving environment' (CC-CEDICT '漸'; Guoyu '漸' adv; Kroll 2015 '漸' 1; Mathews 1931 '漸', p. 122; Unihan '漸'; XHZD '渐')
  2. jiān verb to permeate; to flow into
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 漸 is similar in meaning to 流入 (Guoyu '漸' jiān v 1; Kroll 2015 '漸' jiān 1a; Mathews 1931 '漸', p. 122)
  3. jiàn verb to soak; to immerse
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 漸 is similar in meaning to 浸泡 (Guoyu '漸' jiān v 2; Kroll 2015 '漸' jiān 1; Mathews 1931 '漸', p. 122)
  4. jiān adverb ever more
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '漸' 2)
  5. jiàn noun an indication; a sign
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '漸' 3)
  6. jiàn noun a sequence
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '漸' n; Kroll 2015 '漸' 1a)
  7. jiàn proper noun Gradual Advance
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: The 53rd hexagram in the ”Yijing” (Kroll 2015 '漸' 3)
  8. qián adjective latent; submerged
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '漸' jiān v 3; Kroll 2015 '漸' qián)

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