鼾睡

Chinese

snore to sleep
trad. (鼾睡)
simp. #(鼾睡)

Pronunciation


Verb

鼾睡

  1. to be sound asleep; to fall into a snoring sleep

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Hyōgai
すい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 鼾睡 (hānshuì, literally snoring + sleeping).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んすい [kàńsúí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ɰ̃sɨi]

Noun

(かん)(すい) • (kansui

  1. sleeping while snoring

Verb

(かん)(すい)する • (kansui suruintransitive suru (stem (かん)(すい) (kansui shi), past (かん)(すい)した (kansui shita))

  1. to sleep while snoring
  2. to sleep so soundly that one snores

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN