午睡

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Chinese

7th earthly branch; 11 a.m.–1 p.m., noon to sleep
trad. (午睡) 午 睡
simp. #(午睡) 午 睡

Pronunciation

Verb

午睡

  1. to take an afternoon nap; to take a nap after lunch

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 睡午覺 (“to take an afternoon nap; to take a nap after lunch”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 晝寢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 睡午覺, 睡午睡, 午睡, 午休
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 睡晌覺, 睡晌午覺
Taiwan 睡午覺
Harbin 睡午覺, 睡晌覺, 睡晌午覺
Singapore 睡午覺
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 睡晌覺
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 睡晌覺, 睡晌, 歇晌
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 睡午覺兒, 歇歇晌兒
Wanrong 歇晌午
Xi'an 歇晌
Xining 睡午覺
Xuzhou 睡午睡, 睡午覺, 睡晌午覺, 睡晌覺
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 睡晌午覺, 歇晌
Lanzhou 睡午覺
Ürümqi 睡午覺
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 睡午覺, 午休
Wuhan 睡中覺
Guiyang 睡午覺
Guilin 睡午覺
Guilin (Lingui) 午睡
Liuzhou 睡午覺, 睡晌午覺, 睡晏覺 dated
Liuzhou (Luorong) 午睡
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 睡午覺, 睡中覺 old
Yangzhou 睡中覺
Cantonese Guangzhou 瞓晏覺
Hong Kong 瞓晏覺, 瞓晏晝覺
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 瞓晏晝
Macau 瞓晏覺
Guangzhou (Panyu) 瞓晏覺
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 瞓晏覺
Guangzhou (Conghua) 瞓晏覺
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 瞓晏晝
Foshan 瞓晏覺
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 瞓晏覺
Foshan (Shunde) 瞓晏覺
Foshan (Sanshui) 瞓晏覺
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 瞓晏晝
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 瞇晏覺
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 瞓晏覺
Zhuhai (Doumen) 瞓晏覺
Jiangmen (Baisha) 瞓晏晝
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 瞓晏晝
Taishan 瞓晏晝
Kaiping (Chikan) 瞓晏晝
Enping (Niujiang) 瞓晏晝
Heshan (Yayao) 瞓晏晝
Dongguan 瞓晏晝, 瞓晏晝覺
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 瞓晏晝覺
Nanning 睡晏覺
Wuzhou 睏晏覺
Yulin 睡晏
Hepu (Lianzhou) 睡熱中覺
Mengshan (Xihe) 睡晏覺
Guigang (Nanjiang) 睡晏覺
Beiliu (Tangliao) 睡晏覺
Baise 睡晏覺
Bobai 睡晏覺
Lingshan 午睡
Pubei 午睡
Qinzhou 睡晏覺
Beihai 睡晏覺
Ningming 午睡
Hengzhou 睡晏覺
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) 瞓晏覺
Gan Nanchang 睏中覺
Lichuan 歇晝
Pingxiang 睏午覺
Hakka Meixian 睡當晝
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 瞓晏晝覺
Dongguan (Qingxi) 睡晏晝覺, 午睡
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 睡中午覺
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 睡晏晝覺
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 睡晏晝覺
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 午睡
Yudu 打冷覺
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 睡當晝
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 睡當晝
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 睡當晝
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 睡當晝
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 睡當晝
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 睡當晝
Luchuan (Daqiao) 睡午覺
Beiliu (Tang'an) 午睡
Mashan (Pianlian) 午睡
Huizhou Jixi 午睡
Jin Taiyuan 歇晌
Xinzhou 歇晌
Northern Min Jian'ou 歇晝
Eastern Min Fuzhou 睏晝, 歇晝
Southern Min Xiamen 睏晝, 歇晝
Quanzhou 睏晝, 歇晝
Zhangzhou 歇晝
Tainan 睏晝, 歇晝, 睏中晝 GT
Pingnan (Shangdu) 睏白日覺
Shantou 午睡
Haikou 瞌晝, 瞌日晝
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 瞇日晝
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 瞇日晝覺
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 睡晏覺
Nanning (Shajing) 睡晏覺
Binyang (Xinqiao) 睡晏覺
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 睡午覺
Guilin (Chaoyang) 午睡
Guilin (Zhuyuan) 午睡
Lingchuan (Tanxia) 睡午覺
Wu Shanghai 睏中覺, 打中覺
Danyang 睏中覺, 打中覺
Wenzhou 午睡
Jinhua 打午寣
Xiang Changsha 睏中覺, 睏午覺
Loudi 睏懶覺
Quanzhou 睡午覺
Guanyang (Wenshi) 睡午覺
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Noun

午睡

  1. afternoon nap; noontime siesta; afternoon siesta

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 午覺 (“afternoon nap”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 午覺, 午睡
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 晌午覺, 晌覺
Taiwan 午覺
Harbin 晌午覺, 晌覺
Singapore 午覺
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 晌覺
Central Plains Mandarin Xuzhou 晌午覺
Southwestern Mandarin Guilin 午覺
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 中覺
Cantonese Guangzhou 晏覺
Hong Kong 晏覺, 晏晝覺
Wu Danyang 中覺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
午 睡
ご
Grade: 2 		すい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

午(ご)睡(すい) • (gosui) 

  1. a nap in the afternoon, a siesta
    • 1917, 芥川龍之介, 田端日記:
      そうして読(よ)みながら、いつか午睡(ごすい)をしてしまった。
      Sōshite yomi nagara, itsuka gosui o shite shimatta.
      At some point I drifted off while I was reading.
    • 1930, 神西清, 恢復期:
      私(わたし)は快(こころよ)い午睡(ごすい)から目(め)ざめた。
      Watashi wa kokoroyoi gosui kara mezameta.
      I woke up from a pleasant nap.

Synonyms

Verb

午(ご)睡(すい)する • (gosui suru) suru (stem 午(ご)睡(すい)し (gosui shi), past 午(ご)睡(すい)した (gosui shita))

  1. to take an afternoon nap or siesta

Conjugation

Conjugation of "午睡する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 午睡し ごすいし gosui shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 午睡し ごすいし gosui shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 午睡する ごすいする gosui suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 午睡する ごすいする gosui suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 午睡すれ ごすいすれ gosui sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 午睡せよ¹
午睡しろ² 		ごすいせよ¹
ごすいしろ² 		gosui seyo¹
gosui shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 午睡される ごすいされる gosui sareru
Causative 午睡させる
午睡さす 		ごすいさせる
ごすいさす 		gosui saseru
gosui sasu
Potential 午睡できる ごすいできる gosui dekiru
Volitional 午睡しよう ごすいしよう gosui shiyō
Negative 午睡しない ごすいしない gosui shinai
Negative continuative 午睡せず ごすいせず gosui sezu
Formal 午睡します ごすいします gosui shimasu
Perfective 午睡した ごすいした gosui shita
Conjunctive 午睡して ごすいして gosui shite
Hypothetical conditional 午睡すれば ごすいすれば gosui sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
午睡

Noun

午睡 • (osu) (hangeul 오수)

  1. hanja form? of 오수
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