瞌睡

Chinese

		doze off; sleepy	to sleep
trad. (瞌睡)		瞌	睡
simp. #(瞌睡)		瞌	睡

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): kēshuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ ㄕㄨㄟˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ko² sui⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): кәфи (kəfi, I-I) / кәфи (kəfi, I-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap¹ seoi⁶ / hap⁶ seoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēshuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ㄕㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: keshuèi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹-shui⁴
    • Yale: kē-shwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keshuey
    • Palladius: кэшуй (kɛšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ko² sui⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kosui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo²¹ suei²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: кәфи (kəfi, I-I) / кәфи (kəfi, I-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰə²⁴ fi²⁴/, /kʰə²⁴ fi⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hap¹ seoi⁶ / hap⁶ seoi⁶
    • Yale: hāp seuih / hahp seuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁷ soey⁶ / hap⁹ soey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb¹ sêu⁶ / heb⁶ sêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚⁵ sɵy̯²²/, /hɐp̚² sɵy̯²²/

Verb

瞌睡

1. to doze; to nap
2. to get drowsy

Synonyms

• (to doze): (colloquial) 迷糊 (míhu), 小睡 (xiǎoshuì)

Derived terms

• 促瞌睡
• 啄瞌睡
• 打瞌睡 (dǎ kēshuì)
• 烏眉瞌睡 / 乌眉瞌睡 (wu¹ mei⁴ hap¹ seoi⁶) (Cantonese)
• 瞌睡蟲 / 瞌睡虫 (kēshuìchóng)
• 跩瞌睡

See also

• 入睡 (rùshuì)
• 睡不著／睡不着 (shuìbùzháo)
• 睡得著／睡得着 (shuìdezháo)
• 睡過頭／睡过头 (shuìguòtóu)
• 睡覺／睡觉 (shuìjiào)
• 睡懶覺／睡懒觉 (shuì lǎnjiào)
• 睡眠 (shuìmián)
• 睡著／睡着 (shuìzháo)
• (Hokkien) 睏／困 (khùn)
• (Cantonese) 睏覺／困觉 (kùnjiào)／瞓覺／𰥛觉 (fan3 gaau3)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 瞌睡 – see 交睡 (“to fall asleep; to doze off; to nod off; to take a nap”). (This term is a variant form of 交睡).