寢室

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See also: 寝室

Chinese

lie down room
trad. (寢室) 寢 室
simp. (寝室) 寝 室

Pronunciation

Noun

寢室

  1. bedroom (Classifier: 間／间)
  2. dormitory (Classifier: 間／间)

Synonyms

  • (bedroom):
Dialectal synonyms of 臥室 (“bedroom”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 臥內, 寢室
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 臥室, 臥房, 寢室
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 臥室, 臥房
Singapore 睡房
Central Plains Mandarin Xuzhou 寢室
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 臥室, 房圈
Guilin 臥室
Kokang 睡處
Dagudi (Maliba) 睡房
Reshuitang (Longling) 睡房
Mae Salong (Lancang) 睡房, 臥室
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 睡房
Cantonese Guangzhou 睡房, 瞓房
Hong Kong 睡房
Southern Min Xiamen 睏房
Quanzhou 睏房
Jinjiang 睏房
Zhangzhou 睏房
Taipei 睏房 GT
Penang (Hokkien) 睏房
Manila (Hokkien) 睏房
Haikou 偃瞌房
Qionghai 瞌房
Wu Wenzhou 眠床間, 睏間
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (寢室):
  • → Japanese: 寝室(しんしつ) (shinshitsu)
  • → Korean: 침실(寢室) (chimsil)

Korean

Hanja in this term
寢室

Noun

寢室 • (chimsil) (hangeul 침실)

  1. hanja form? of 침실 (“bedroom”)
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