浸润

浸潤
jìnrùn
verb #61,445

Meanings

  1. 1 to permeate
  2. 2 to infiltrate
  3. 3 to saturate
  4. 4 to steep (in emotion or influence)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yǔshuǐ mànmàn jìnrùn le gānzào de tǔdì.
The rain slowly saturated the dry earth.
HSK 7-9
Tā de zuòpǐn jìnrùn zhe nónghòu de xiāngtǔ qínghuái.
His work is steeped in deep nostalgia for his homeland.

Tips

usage
Literal sense (water soaking into soil/cloth) is straightforward. Literary/metaphorical sense, being 'steeped in' a culture, emotion, or ideology, is more common in writing. In medicine, 浸润 also means 'infiltration' (as in tumor cells spreading).

Stroke Order

jìn
rùn