睡房

Chinese

		to sleep	house
trad. (睡房)		睡	房
simp. #(睡房)		睡	房

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuìfáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁶ fong^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuìfáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuèifáng
    • Wade–Giles: shui⁴-fang²
    • Yale: shwèi-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shueyfarng
    • Palladius: шуйфан (šujfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁶ fong^4-2
    • Yale: seuih fóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁶ fong^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁶ fong^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²² fɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

睡房

1. (chiefly Cantonese, Thailand and Singapore Mandarin) bedroom (Classifier: 間／间 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 臥室 (“bedroom”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		臥內, 寢室
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		臥室, 臥房, 寢室
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	臥室, 臥房
	Singapore	睡房
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	寢室
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	臥室, 房圈
	Guilin	臥室
	Kokang	睡處
	Dagudi (Maliba)	睡房
	Reshuitang (Longling)	睡房
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	睡房, 臥室
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	睡房
Cantonese	Guangzhou	睡房, 瞓房
	Hong Kong	睡房
Southern Min	Xiamen	睏房
	Quanzhou	睏房
	Jinjiang	睏房
	Zhangzhou	睏房
	Taipei	睏房 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	睏房
	Manila (Hokkien)	睏房
	Haikou	偃瞌房
	Qionghai	瞌房
Wu	Wenzhou	眠床間, 睏間
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

References

• Chanicha Kidprasert (2016-03-21) 泰国华语与汉语普通话书面语差异研究 [The Difference of Writing Pattern between Thai “Huayu” and Mandarin] (PhD) (in Chinese), Harbin: Heilongjiang University