冉冉

Chinese

		passing (of time)	passing (of time)
simp. and trad. (冉冉)		冉	冉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rǎnrǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄢˇ ㄖㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁵ jim⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liám-liám / jiám-jiám

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rǎnrǎn [Phonetic: ránrǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄢˇ ㄖㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rǎnrǎn
  - Wade–Giles: jan³-jan³
  - Yale: rǎn-rǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raanraan
  - Palladius: жаньжань (žanʹžanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim⁵ jim⁵
  - Yale: yíhm yíhm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁵ jim⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim⁵ yim⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm¹³ jiːm¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liám-liám
  - Tâi-lô: liám-liám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liafmliarm
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liam⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiám-jiám
  - Tâi-lô: jiám-jiám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jiafmjiarm
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ziam⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: nyemX nyemX

Rime
Character	冉
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而琰切
Baxter	nyemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiᴇm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɛm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjæm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵiam^X/
Li Rong	/ȵiɛm^X/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭɛm^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ɛm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*njamʔ njamʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	冉
Reading #	2/2
No.	10784
Phonetic component	冉
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	冉
Old Chinese	/*njamʔ/

Adverb

冉冉

(ideophonic) slowly; gradually

Derived terms

冉冉上昇 / 冉冉上升

Adjective

冉冉

(ideophonic, literary) walking slowly
(ideophonic, of tree branches, etc.) hanging down loosely
(ideophonic, literary) filling the air; permeating