躺臥

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Chinese

		to recline; to lie down	to lie; to crouch
trad. (躺臥/躺卧)		躺	臥/卧
simp. (躺卧)		躺	卧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǎngwò

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˇ ㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tong² ngo⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǎngwò
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˇ ㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǎngwò
  - Wade–Giles: tʻang³-wo⁴
  - Yale: tǎng-wò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taangwoh
  - Palladius: танво (tanvo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tong² ngo⁶
  - Yale: tóng ngoh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tong² ngo⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tong² ngo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ³⁵ ŋɔː²²/

Verb

躺臥

to lie down
不得躺臥。／不得躺卧。 ― Bùdé tǎngwò. ― No lying down here.
- 1919, 《新舊約全書：官話和合譯本》 [Mandarin Bible, Union Version], Shanghai: American Bible Society, 詩篇 [Psalm] 23:2:
  
  他使我躺臥在靑草地上、領我在可安歇的水邊。 [MSC, trad.]
  他使我躺卧在青草地上、领我在可安歇的水边。 [MSC, simp.]
  Tā shǐ wǒ tǎngwò zài qīngcǎo dìshang, lǐng wǒ zài kě ānxiē de shuǐ biān.
  He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 躺 (“to lie; to recline”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		寢, 臥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		躺, 臥, 躺臥
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	躺, 歪
	Taiwan	躺
	Singapore	躺
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	躺
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	睡, 躺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	躺, 睡
	Wuhan	睡
	Guilin	躺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	躺, 睡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	睡, 躺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瞓
	Hong Kong	瞓
	Taishan	眠
	Kaiping (Chikan)	眠
	Yangjiang	睡
	Singapore (Guangfu)	瞓
Gan	Nanchang	睏
Hakka	Meixian	眠, 抗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	睡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	眠
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	睡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	睡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	睡
Jin	Taiyuan	躺, 睡
Northern Min	Jian'ou	倒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	倒
Southern Min	Xiamen	倒
	Quanzhou	倒
	Zhangzhou	倒
	Penang (Hokkien)	倒
	Singapore (Hokkien)	倒
	Chaozhou	倒
	Shantou	夗
	Jieyang	夗
Wu	Suzhou	睏
Wu	Wenzhou	翻, 倒
Xiang	Changsha	睏
Xiang	Shuangfeng	睏

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