眠床

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See also: 眠牀

Chinese

sleep bed; couch; (a measure word)
trad. (眠床/眠牀) /
simp. (眠床)

Pronunciation


Note: bîn-chhn̂g - common.
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: ming5 ceng5 / mêng5 ceng5
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mîng tshṳ̂ng / mêng tshṳ̂ng
      • Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɯŋ⁵⁵/, /meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɯŋ⁵⁵/
Note:
  • ming5 ceng5 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Bangkok;
  • mêng5 ceng5 - Jieyang, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (20)
Final () (85) (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter men dzrjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/men/ /d͡ʒɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/men/ /ɖ͡ʐiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɛn/ /d͡ʒiɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mɛn/ /ɖ͡ʐɨaŋ/
Li
Rong
/men/ /d͡ʒiaŋ/
Wang
Li
/mien/ /d͡ʒĭaŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mien/ /ɖ͡ʐʱi̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mián chuáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
min4 cong4

Noun

眠床

  1. (literary or Hakka, Min, Wu) bed (Classifier: md;  mn)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Betawi: bincheng

Verb

眠床

  1. (Taishanese) to stay in bed; to lie in bed

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