回籠覺

Chinese

		to put the food back in the steamer to steam again; to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer	feel; find that; thinking feel; find that; thinking; awake; aware; a nap; a sleep
trad. (回籠覺)		回籠	覺
simp. (回笼觉)		回笼	觉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huílóngjiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ lung⁴ gaau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huílóngjiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéilóngjiào
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-lung²-chiao⁴
    • Yale: hwéi-lúng-jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweilongjiaw
    • Palladius: хуэйлунцзяо (xuejlunczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huílóngjiàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéilóngjiàor
    • Wade–Giles: hui²-lung²-chiao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: hwéi-lúng-jyàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweilongjiawl
    • Palladius: хуэйлунцзяор (xuejlunczjaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ lung⁴ gaau³
    • Yale: wùih lùhng gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ lung⁴ gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ lung⁴ gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ lʊŋ²¹ kaːu̯³³/

Noun

回籠覺

1. (informal) sleep-again (after waking up for a while in the morning)

   睡個回籠覺／睡个回笼觉  ―  shuì ge huílóngjiào  ―  to go back to sleep after getting up in the morning

Related terms

• 補覺／补觉 (bǔjiào)