失枕

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	pillow
simp. and trad. (失枕)		失	枕
Literally: “to lose/miss the pillow”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shīzhěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄓㄣˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si² zen³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ zam²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳt-chṳ́m

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sed⁵ zem³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīzhěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄓㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihjhěn
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-chên³
    • Yale: shr̄-jěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyjeen
    • Palladius: шичжэнь (šičžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: si² zen³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: szen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹ t͡sən⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ zam²
    • Yale: sāt jám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ dzam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ zem²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ t͡sɐm³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳt-chṳ́m
    • Hakka Romanization System: siid^ˋ ziim^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sid⁵ zim³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨt̚² t͡sɨm³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sed⁵ zem³
    • Sinological IPA: /sət̚¹ t͡səm³¹/

Verb

失枕

1. (literary or dialectal) to have a stiff and painful neck after sleeping; to have a crick in the neck

   • 失枕，在肩上橫骨間。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     失枕，在肩上横骨间。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huangdi Neijing, 4^th century BCE to 3^rd century CE

     Shīzhěn, zài jiān shàng hénggǔ jiān. [Pinyin]

     [When his neck] cannot touch the pillow, [pierce] on the shoulder between the transverse bones.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 落枕 (“to have a stiff neck after sleeping”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		失枕
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		落枕
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	落枕
	Taiwan	落枕
	Harbin	落枕
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	落枕
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	失兒枕了
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	落枕
	Wanrong	落枕
	Xi'an	落枕
	Xuzhou	脖子擰筋兒, 擰脖筋兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	落枕
	Lanzhou	握枕
	Ürümqi	落枕
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	失枕
	Guiyang	失枕
	Liuzhou	失枕
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	戧枕
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瞓捩頸, 瞓歪頸
	Hong Kong	瞓捩頸
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	瞓捩頸
	Foshan	瞓捩頸
	Foshan (Shunde)	瞓捩頸
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	瞓捩頸
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	瞓捩頸
	Taishan	梗頸, 瞓扭頸
	Kaiping (Chikan)	瞓捩頸
	Dongguan	瞓捩頸
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	瞓捩頸
Gan	Lichuan	項了頸
Hakka	Meixian	失枕
	Yudu	熨頸
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	落枕
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	落枕, 失枕
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	落枕
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	落枕
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	落枕
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	落枕
	Hong Kong	失枕
	Senai (Huiyang)	失枕
	Singkawang	失枕
Jin	Taiyuan	落枕
	Xinzhou	落枕
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	脰骨挫腫
Southern Min	Xiamen	交落枕, 落枕
	Quanzhou	睏落枕
	Jinjiang	睏落枕
	Zhangzhou	落枕
	Taipei	交落枕
	Kaohsiung	交落枕
	Yilan	落枕
	Changhua (Lukang)	交落枕
	Taichung	失枕
	Taichung (Wuqi)	交落枕
	Tainan	交落枕
	Taitung	交落枕
	Hsinchu	交落枕
	Penghu (Magong)	拍枕
	Manila (Hokkien)	睏落枕
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	交落枕
	Haikou	落枕
Puxian Min	Putian	鬱枕
	Xianyou	鬱枕
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	岔頸, 睡岔頸
Wu	Shanghai	脫頭頸, 落枕
	Shanghai (Chongming)	強頸骨
	Suzhou	睏直頭頸骨
	Hangzhou	落枕
	Ningbo	頭頸骨𢺴出
	Wenzhou	頭頸睏諾爻
	Jinhua	落枕
Xiang	Changsha	落枕, 捩噠頸
	Loudi	失枕