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Chinese
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deficient; owe; to lack deficient; owe; to lack; yawn |
to stretch; to extend
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simp. and trad.
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欠
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伸
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欠申
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Pronunciation
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。
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。 - 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.
- 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.
Japanese
Etymology 1
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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Etymology 2
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.
This reading appears to be largely obsolete in modern Japanese, and the term is not listed in all dictionaries.
Pronunciation
Noun
欠伸 • (kenshin) ←けんしん (kensin)?
- yawning and stretching
References
Korean
Noun
欠伸 • (heumsin) (hangeul 흠신)
- hanja form? of 흠신