睡眠

Chinese

		to sleep	sleep
trad. (睡眠)		睡	眠
simp. ^#(睡眠)		睡	眠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuìmián

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁶ min⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): soi-mìn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sūi-bîn / sùi-biân / sūi-biân

(Teochew, Peng'im): sui⁶ ming⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuìmián
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuèimián
  - Wade–Giles: shui⁴-mien²
  - Yale: shwèi-myán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shueymian
  - Palladius: шуймянь (šujmjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ mi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi⁶ min⁴
  - Yale: seuih mìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁶ min⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁶ min⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²² miːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: soi-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: soi min^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: soi⁴ min²
  - Sinological IPA: /soi̯⁵⁵ min¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūi-bîn
  - Tâi-lô: suī-bîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suixbiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sui²²⁻²¹ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sui³³⁻¹¹ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁴¹⁻²² bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui³³⁻²¹ bin²³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùi-biân
  - Tâi-lô: suì-biân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suie'bieen
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui²¹⁻⁵³ biɛn¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūi-biân
  - Tâi-lô: suī-biân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suixbieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sui²²⁻²¹ biɛn²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sui⁶ ming⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sŭi mîng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui³⁵⁻¹¹ miŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

睡眠

sleep
睡眠障礙／睡眠障碍 ― shuìmián zhàng'ài ― sleep disturbance

Derived terms

睡眠不足 (shuìmián bùzú)
睡眠呼吸暫停／睡眠呼吸暂停 (shuìmián hūxī zàntíng)
睡眠療法／睡眠疗法

Verb

睡眠

to sleep

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 睡覺 (“to sleep”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		臥, 寐, 寢, 眠, 睡, 就寢, 寢息
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		睡覺, 睡眠, 就寢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	睡覺, 睡, 歇覺
	Taiwan	睡覺, 睡
	Ulanhot	睡覺
	Tongliao	睡覺
	Chifeng	睡覺
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	睡覺
	Malaysia	睡覺, 睡
	Singapore	睡覺, 睡
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	睡覺
Jilu Mandarin	Weifang (Weicheng)	睏覺
	Weifang (Fangzi)	睏覺
	Changle	睏覺
	Shouguang	睏覺
	Wulian	睏覺
	Jinan	睡覺
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	睡覺, 睡
	Weifang (Hanting)	睏覺
	Changyi	睏覺
	Gaomi	睏覺
	Zhucheng	睏覺
	Anqiu	睏覺
	Linqu	睏覺
	Qingzhou	睏覺
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	睡
	Xi'an	睡覺, 睡
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	睡
Lanyin Mandarin	Bayanhot	睡覺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	睡瞌睡
	Wuhan	睡瞌睡, 睡
	Guiyang	睡瞌睡
	Guilin	睡覺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	睡覺, 睡
	Yangzhou	睡覺, 上蘇州 slang
	Nantong	睏
	Hefei	睡覺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瞓覺, 瞓, 見周公 humorous, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓記
	Hong Kong	瞓覺, 瞓, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓覺覺 childish, 豬豬 childish
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	瞓覺
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	瞓覺
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	睡目
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	瞓覺
	Macau	瞓覺
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	瞓覺
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	瞓
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	瞓覺
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	瞓, 睡
	Foshan	瞓覺
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	瞓覺
	Foshan (Shunde)	瞓覺
	Foshan (Sanshui)	瞓覺
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	瞓覺
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	瞇覺
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	瞓覺
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	瞓覺
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	瞓覺
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	瞓覺
	Taishan	瞓覺, 瞓
	Kaiping (Chikan)	瞓覺
	Enping (Niujiang)	瞓覺
	Heshan (Yayao)	瞓覺
	Dongguan	瞓覺
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	瞓覺
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	瞓覺
	Yangjiang	瞓覺, 瞓
	Zhanjiang	瞓覺, 曬鋪
	Nanning	睡覺
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	睡覺
	Hepu (Shatian)	睡覺, 瞓覺
	Beihai	睡覺
	Beihai (Nankang)	睡覺
	Beihai (Yingpan)	睡覺
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	睡覺
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	瞓覺
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	睡覺
	Danzhou	閉眼
	Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)	閉眼
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	瞓覺
	Singapore (Guangfu)	瞓覺, 瞓
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	瞓覺
	Móng Cái	睡覺
Gan	Nanchang	睏覺, 睏
	Lichuan	睏覺, 睏
	Pingxiang	睏覺, 睏
Hakka	Meixian	睡目, 睡
	Xingning	睡目
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Huiyang	睡目, 睡
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Huidong (Daling)	睡目
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	睡目, 睡覺
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	睡目
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	瞓
	Boluo (Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	睡目
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	睡目
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	睡目
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	睡目
	Wuhua (Changbu)	睡目
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	睡目
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	瞓, 瞓覺
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	睡覺
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	睡覺
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	睡
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	睡覺
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	睡眼
	Liannan	睡目
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	睡眼
	Jiexi	睡目
	Changting	睡目
	Wuping	睡目
	Wuping (Pingyu)	睡目
	Liancheng	睡目
	Ninghua	歇
	Yudu	歇眼, 打席
	Ruijin	歇眼
	Shicheng	歇, 睡
	Shangyou (Shexi)	歇覺
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	睡目
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	睡目
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	睡目
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	睡目, 睡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	睡目, 睡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	睡目, 睡
	Hong Kong	睡目
	Luchuan	睡覺
	Sabah (Longchuan)	睡目
	Senai (Huiyang)	睡目
	Kuching (Hepo)	睡目
	Singkawang	睡目
	Singapore (Dabu)	睡目
	Bangkok (Meixian)	睡目
Huizhou	Jixi	睏覺, 睏
	Shexian	睡
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	睏
	Xiuning	睏
	Yixian	睏
	Qimen	睏
	Wuyuan	睏
Jin	Taiyuan	睡覺, 睡
	Taibus (Baochang)	睡覺
	Linhe	睡覺
	Jining	睡覺
	Baotou	睡覺
	Dongsheng	睡覺
	Haibowan	睡覺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	目䁒
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	目䁒
	Songxi	目䁒
	Zhenghe	目䁒
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	眠䁒
	Jianyang	目䁒
	Wuyishan	目䁒
	Pucheng (Shibei)	瞌眠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	睏, 睏眠
	Fuzhou (Changle)	睏
	Fuqing	睏
	Yongtai	睏
	Gutian	睏
	Fu'an	睏
	Ningde	睏
	Shouning	睏
	Zhouning	睏
	Fuding	睏
	Matsu	睏
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	睏眠
Southern Min	Xiamen	睏
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	睏
	Quanzhou	睏
	Shishi	睏
	Anxi	睏
	Zhangzhou	睏
	Pinghe	睏
	Zhao'an	睏
	Dongshan	睏
	Taipei	睏
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	睏
	Kaohsiung	睏
	Yilan	睏
	Changhua (Lukang)	睏
	Taichung	睏
	Taichung (Wuqi)	睏
	Tainan	睏
	Taitung	睏
	Hsinchu	睏
	Kinmen	睏
	Penghu (Magong)	睏
	Penang (Hokkien)	睏
	Singapore (Hokkien)	睏
	Manila (Hokkien)	睏
	Medan (Hokkien)	睏
	Zhangping	睏
	Datian	睏
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	睏覺
	Chaozhou	夗
	Shantou	夗
	Shantou (Chenghai)	夗
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	夗
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	夗
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	睏
	Jieyang	夗, 死瞌
	Puning	夗
	Haifeng	睏, 夗
	Bangkok (Teochew)	夗
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	夗
	Singapore (Teochew)	夗
	Leizhou	瞌, 瞌覺, 睏, 歇
	Wenchang	瞌, 偃瞌
	Haikou	瞌, 偃瞌
	Qionghai	瞌, 偃瞌
	Singapore (Hainanese)	瞌
Puxian Min	Putian	睏
Puxian Min	Xianyou	睏
Central Min	Yong'an	倒眠
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	瞇
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	瞇, 瞇覺
Shehua	Fu'an	眠
	Fuding	眠
	Luoyuan	眠
	Shunchang	眠
	Cangnan	眠
	Jingning (Hexi)	眠
Wu	Shanghai	睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang
	Shanghai (Chongming)	睏
	Suzhou	睏覺, 睏, 到崑山去 slang
	Wuxi	睏覺
	Danyang	睏覺, 睏
	Hangzhou	睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	睏覺, 睏
	Ningbo	睏覺, 睏
	Wenzhou	睏
	Jinhua	睏褥, 睏
Xiang	Changsha	睏覺, 睏, 睡覺
	Loudi	睏覺, 睏
	Shuangfeng	睏眼閉, 睏覺
	Quanzhou	睡覺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
睡	眠
すい Grade: S	みん Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すいみん [sùímíń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨimʲĩɴ]

Noun

睡(すい)眠(みん) • (suimin)

sleep

Derived terms

睡眠不足(すいみんぶそく) (suiminbusoku)

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
睡	眠

Noun

睡眠 • (sumyeon) (hangeul 수면)

hanja form^? of 수면 (“sleep”)

[NHK-1] 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

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睡眠

Contents

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Noun

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Japanese

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

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Korean

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