睡衫

Chinese

		to sleep	Chinese gown (unlined)
trad. (睡衫)		睡	衫
simp. #(睡衫)		睡	衫

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁶ saam¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁶ saam¹
    • Yale: seuih sāam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁶ saam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁶ sam¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²² saːm⁵⁵/

Noun

睡衫

1. (Cantonese, Taiwanese Hakka) pyjamas; pajamas

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 睡衣 (“pyjamas; pajamas”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		睡衣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	睡衣
	Singapore	睡衣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	睡衣, 瞓衫 dated, 薦瞓衫 dated
	Hong Kong	睡衣, 睡衫, 瞓覺衫
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	著睡衫
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	睡目衫
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	著睡衫
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	睡衫
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	著睡衫
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	睡衫
Northern Min	Jian'ou	睡衣, 目䁒衫
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	睡衣, 睏衣裳
Southern Min	Xiamen	睏衫
	Quanzhou	睏衫
	Zhangzhou	睏衫
	Kaohsiung	睏衫
	Yilan	睏衫
	Changhua (Lukang)	睏衫
	Taichung	睏衫
	Taichung (Wuqi)	睏衫
	Tainan	睏衫
	Taitung	睏衫
	Hsinchu	睏衫
	Penghu (Magong)	睏衫
	Penang (Hokkien)	睏衫
	Singapore (Hokkien)	睏衫
	Manila (Hokkien)	睏衫
Wu	Shanghai	睏衣
	Ningbo	睏衫