洗洗睡
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]to wash; to bathe | to wash; to bathe | to sleep | ||
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trad. (洗洗睡) | 洗 | 洗 | 睡 | |
simp. #(洗洗睡) | 洗 | 洗 | 睡 | |
Literally: “to wash-wash-sleep; to wash up and go to sleep”. |
Etymology
[edit]The sense is from 洗洗睡吧,夢裡什麼都有/洗洗睡吧,梦里什么都有 (“Wash yourself and go to sleep, you can have everything in your dreams”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄧˇ ㄕㄨㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sǐsǐshuèi
- Wade–Giles: hsi3-hsi3-shui4
- Yale: syǐ-syǐ-shwèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiishiishuey
- Palladius: сисишуй (sisišuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Verb
[edit]洗洗睡