欠伸
Chinese
deficient; owe; to lack deficient; owe; to lack; yawn |
to stretch; to extend | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (欠伸) |
欠 | 伸 | |
| alternative forms | 欠申 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: qiànshēn
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciànshen
- Wade–Giles: chʻien4-shên1
- Yale: chyàn-shēn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiannshen
- Palladius: цяньшэнь (cjanʹšɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 欠伸
欠身
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: him3 san1
- Yale: him sān
- Cantonese Pinyin: him3 san1
- Guangdong Romanization: him3 sen1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hiːm³³ sɐn⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
欠伸
欠身
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Verb
欠伸
- to yawn and stretch
- 遙遙聞㴱巷犬吠聲，便有婦人驚覺欠伸，摇其夫語猥褻事，夫囈語。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 1661, 林嗣環,《〈秋声詩〉自序》
- Yáoyáo wén shēn xiàng quǎnfèi shēng, biàn yǒu fùrén jīngjué qiànshēn, yáo qí fū yǔ wěixiè shì, fū yìyǔ. [Pinyin]
- From the depths of a lane in the distance came the barking of a dog, waking a woman with a start. The woman yawned and stretched her arms, then spoke some dirty words to her husband, who was talking in his dream.
遥遥闻深巷犬吠声，便有妇人惊觉欠伸，摇其夫语猥亵事，夫呓语。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
Related terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 欠 | 伸 |
| あくび | |
| Grade: 4 | Grade: S |
| jukujikun | |
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 欠伸 (qiànshēn).
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of 欠伸 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 欠伸, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 欠 | 伸 |
| けん Grade: 4 |
しん Grade: S |
| kan'on | |
Learned borrowing from Chinese 欠伸 (qiànshēn). First attested in the early 1300s writings of Zen monk 明極楚俊 (Minki Soshun), an immigrant to Japan from the Yuan dynasty in China.[1]
This reading appears to be largely obsolete in modern Japanese, and the term is not listed in all dictionaries.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
欠伸 • (kenshin) ←けんしん (kensin)?
- yawning and stretching
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 欠 | 伸 |
Noun
欠伸 • (heumsin) (hangeul 흠신)
- hanja form? of 흠신