打瞌睡

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	to doze; to nap; to get drowsy
trad. (打瞌睡)		打	瞌睡
simp. #(打瞌睡)		打	瞌睡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dǎ kēshuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄜ ㄕㄨㄟˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): da³ ko² sui⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² hap¹ seoi⁶ / daa² hap⁶ seoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ kēshuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄜ ㄕㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ keshuèi
    • Wade–Giles: ta³ kʻo¹-shui⁴
    • Yale: dǎ kē-shwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa keshuey
    • Palladius: да кэшуй (da kɛšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: da³ ko² sui⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: daa kosui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta⁵³ kʰo²¹ suei²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² hap¹ seoi⁶ / daa² hap⁶ seoi⁶
    • Yale: dá hāp seuih / dá hahp seuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² hap⁷ soey⁶ / daa² hap⁹ soey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² heb¹ sêu⁶ / da² heb⁶ sêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ hɐp̚⁵ sɵy̯²²/, /taː³⁵ hɐp̚² sɵy̯²²/

Verb

打⫽瞌睡 (verb-object)

1. to doze off; to nod off; to take a nap

   你看那打瞌睡的男孩，可真逗啊。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Nǐ kàn nà dǎ kēshuì de nánhái, kě zhēn dòu a. [Pinyin]

   See that boy, he's dozed off, ah so hilarious.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 打盹 (“to nod off; to doze off; to take a nap”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		假寐, 假寢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		打盹, 打瞌睡
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	打盹兒, 𥅻盹兒, 𥅻嘴兒
	Taiwan	打瞌睡
	Langfang	打盹兒
	Harbin	打盹兒
	Singapore	打瞌睡
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	𥅻盹兒
	Tangshan	打盹兒
	Cangzhou	打盹兒
	Baoding	打盹兒
	Shijiazhuang	打盹兒
	Jinan	打盹兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	打盹兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	打盹兒, 打瞌睡
	Daming	打瞌睡
	Wanrong	點盹
	Xi'an	丟盹
	Xining	打盹兒, 𥅻盹兒, 丟盹
	Xuzhou	打盹兒, 打瞌睡
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	栽盹
	Lanzhou	𥅻盹, 丟盹
	Ürümqi	丟盹兒, 打瞌睡, 打盹兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	跩瞌睡, 啄瞌睡, 打瞌睡
	Wuhan	參瞌睡, 舂瞌睡, 參, 舂
	Guiyang	跩瞌睡, 啄瞌睡
	Kunming	𥅻瞌睡
	Guilin	打瞌睡
	Liuzhou	舂瞌睡, 拜瞌睡, 打瞌睡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	打瞌睡, 𥅻盹, 𥅻盹兒, 打盹
	Yangzhou	打瞌𥅻, 𥅻盹, 𥅻
	Nantong	打瞌睏, 打瞌𥅻, 舂瞌睏
	Hefei	𥅻瞌睡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瞌眼瞓
	Hong Kong	瞌眼瞓, 舂眼瞓
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	瞌眼瞓
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	啄目睡
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	舂眼瞓
	Macau	瞌眼瞓
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	瞌眼瞓
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	瞌眼瞓
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	舂眼瞓
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	舂眼瞓
	Foshan	瞌眼瞓
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	瞌眼瞓
	Foshan (Shunde)	瞌眼瞓
	Foshan (Sanshui)	瞌眼瞓
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	仆眼瞓
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	瞌眼瞓
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	瞌眼瞓
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	瞌眼瞓
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	瞌眼瞓
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	瞌眼瞓
	Taishan	瞌眼瞓
	Kaiping (Chikan)	瞌眼瞓
	Enping (Niujiang)	瞌眼瞓
	Heshan (Yayao)	瞌眼瞓
	Dongguan	瞌眼瞓
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	瞌眼瞓
	Qingyuan	舂眼瞓
	Fogang	瞌眼瞓
	Yingde (Hanguang)	瞌眼瞓
	Yangshan	舂眼瞓
	Lianshan (Butian)	舂眼瞓
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	舂眼瞓
	Shaoguan	瞌眼瞓
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	瞌眼瞓
	Renhua	瞌眼瞓
	Lechang	瞌眼瞓
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	瞌眼瞓
	Sihui	盯眼瞓
	Guangning	盯眼瞓
	Deqing	舂眼瞓
	Huaiji	眨眼瞓
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	眨眼瞓
	Yunfu	瞌眼瞓
	Xinxing	眨眼瞓
	Luoding	瞌眼瞓
	Yunan (Pingtai)	舂眼瞓
	Xinyi	核眼睡
	Lianjiang	瞌眼瞓
	Nanning	拜眼瞓
	Wuzhou	瞌眼瞓
	Yulin	突睡
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	趁睡
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	瞌眼瞓
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	瞌眼瞓
Gan	Nanchang	打瞌睏, 舂瞌睏, 栽瞌睏
	Lichuan	舂瞌睏
	Pingxiang	打瞌睏
Hakka	Meixian	啄目睡
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	舂眼瞓
	Huidong (Daling)	啄目睡
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	促目睡
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	啄目睡
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	趁目睡
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	啄眼睡
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	舂眼睡
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	舂眼睡
	Raoping (Xinfeng)	啄目睡
	Changting	打目睡
	Wuping	啄目睡
	Wuping (Pingyu)	啄目睡
	Liancheng	啄目睡
	Ninghua	啄眼歇
	Yudu	趨眼歇, 打眼沉
	Ruijin	趨眼歇
	Shicheng	趨眼歇
	Shangyou (Shexi)	尋眼歇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	啄目睡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	啄目睡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	啄目睡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	啄目睡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	啄目睡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	啄睡
	Hong Kong	啄目睡
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	釣蝦公
	Sabah (Longchuan)	啄目睡
Huizhou	Jixi	舂瞌睡
Jin	Taiyuan	丟盹
	Xinzhou	丟盹
	Zhangjiakou	打瞌睡
	Handan	切嘴兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	度眠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	仰, 睶
Southern Min	Xiamen	厾交睡, 厾眠, 厾龜
	Quanzhou	厾龜, 厾眠
	Yongchun	厾眠
	Zhangzhou	厾交睡, 厾眠, 厾龜
	Zhao'an	啄交睡
	Taipei	厾交睡, 啄龜, 厾龜
	Taipei (Wanhua)	厾龜
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	厾交睡
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	啄龜, 厾龜
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	啄龜, 厾龜
	Kaohsiung	厾龜, 啄龜
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	厾龜, 啄龜
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	厾龜
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	厾龜
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	厾龜, 啄龜
	Yilan	啄龜, 厾龜
	Yilan (Luodong)	啄龜
	Yilan (Toucheng)	啄龜
	Changhua (Lukang)	厾龜
	Taichung	啄龜
	Taichung (Wuqi)	啄龜
	Tainan	厾交睡, 厾龜, 啄龜
	Tainan (Anping)	厾交睡, 厾龜
	Taitung	厾龜
	Hsinchu	厾龜, 厾交睡
	Kinmen	厾交睡, 厾眠
	Penghu (Magong)	厾交睡, 厾龜, 啄交睡
	Penghu (Xiyu)	厾交睡
	Singapore (Hokkien)	厾眠, 厾交睡, 厾龜
	Chaozhou	厾目夗, 厾睡夗
	Shantou	厾目夗, 厾睡夗, 厾
	Bangkok (Teochew)	厾目夗
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	厾目澀
	Leizhou	交睡交叫
	Haikou	交睡
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	拜眼瞇
Wu	Shanghai	打瞌𥅻
	Shanghai (Chongming)	打瞌𥅻
	Suzhou	打瞌𥅻
	Wuxi	打瞌𥅻
	Danyang	打瞌𥅻, 𥅻盹
	Hangzhou	打瞌𥅻
	Ningbo	打瞌𥅻
	Wenzhou	打睏喟, 咄起, 咄去, 咄
	Jinhua	打眼庶, 打瞌𥅻
Xiang	Changsha	促瞌睡, 促瞌睏, 打瞌睏
	Loudi	啄眼閉
	Shuangfeng	啄眼閉, 屈眼閉