醒睡

Chinese

		to wake up; to awaken; to be awake	to sleep
trad. (醒睡)		醒	睡
simp. #(醒睡)		醒	睡
anagram		睡醒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐngshuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˋ

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): siáng-soi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xiang³ soi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐngshuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐngshuèi
    • Wade–Giles: hsing³-shui⁴
    • Yale: syǐng-shwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiingshuey
    • Palladius: синшуй (sinšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siáng-soi
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiang` soi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiang³ soi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯aŋ³¹ soi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiang³ soi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /siaŋ³¹ soɪ⁵³/

Adjective

醒睡

1. being a light sleeper

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 醒睡 (“being a light sleeper”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	醒睡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	醒瞓
	Hong Kong	醒瞓
	Taishan	醒瞓
Hakka	Meixian	醒睡
	Xingning	醒睡
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	醒瞓
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	醒睡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	醒睡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	醒睡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	醒睡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	醒睡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	淺眠
Huizhou	Jixi	醒熟
Southern Min	Xiamen	汱眠
	Quanzhou	汱眠
	Zhangzhou	汱眠
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	淺眠
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	淺眠, 輕眠
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	淺眠
	Yilan	淺眠
	Tainan	淺眠, 汱眠
	Tainan (Anping)	汱眠
	Penghu (Xiyu)	汱眠
	Leizhou	脆眠
Wu	Shanghai	醒睏

Verb

醒睡

1. (literary) to sleep while sober