候睏

See also: 候困

Chinese

		wait	sleepy; doze off
trad. (候睏)		候	睏
simp. (候困)		候	困

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): hieo⁵ kuong⁴

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• Puxian Min
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hieo⁵ kuong⁴ [Phonetic: hieo¹ uong⁴]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hieu²¹⁻⁵⁵ ^(kʰ-)uoŋ⁴²/

Verb

候睏

1. (Xianyou Puxian Min) to rest; to take a break

Synonyms

• (to rest):

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• 休息
• 休憩 (xiūqì) (literary)
• 停歇 (tíngxiē)
• 停睏 / 停困 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 喘氣 / 喘气 (chuǎnqì) (to take a breather)
• 安息 (ānxī)
• 憩息 (qìxī) (literary)
• 放尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
• 敨 (tau²) (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 歇 (xiē)
• 歇喘 (Hokkien, to take a breather)
• 歇息 (xiēxi)
• 歇氣 / 歇气 (xiēqì) (to take a breather)
• 歇𤺪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 歇睏 / 歇困 (Hakka, Hokkien)

Dialectal synonyms of 休息 (“to rest; to take a break”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		休息, 歇息
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	歇, 休息
	Taiwan	休息
	Singapore	休息
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	歇
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	歇
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	歇氣, 歇
	Wuhan	歇, 歇氣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	歇, 休息
	Hefei	歇
Cantonese	Guangzhou	敨, 歇
	Hong Kong	敨, 歇, 休息
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	敨
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	敨
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	敨
	Dongguan	敨
	Yangjiang	敨, 歇
Gan	Nanchang	歇
Hakka	Meixian	歇, 敨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	歇睏, 休息
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	歇睏, 休息
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	歇睏, 休息
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	歇睏, 休息
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	歇睏, 休息
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	歇睏
	Hong Kong	敨
Jin	Taiyuan	歇
Northern Min	Jian'ou	歇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	歇
Southern Min	Xiamen	歇, 歇睏
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	歇睏
	Quanzhou	歇睏
	Zhangzhou	歇睏
	Taipei	歇, 歇睏
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	歇
	Kaohsiung	歇, 歇睏
	Yilan	歇, 歇睏
	Changhua (Lukang)	歇, 歇睏
	Taichung	歇睏
	Tainan	歇, 歇睏
	Hsinchu	歇睏
	Kinmen	歇睏
	Penghu (Magong)	歇睏
	Singapore (Hokkien)	休息, 歇
	Manila (Hokkien)	休息
	Chaozhou	歇乏, 歇睏
	Puning	歇, 歇乏, 休息
Puxian Min	Putian	歇痠
	Xianyou	歇睏, 候睏
Wu	Shanghai	歇作, 休息
	Suzhou	歇, 休息
	Wenzhou	歇, 休息
Xiang	Changsha	歇氣
	Shuangfeng	歇氣

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “候困”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 266.