鼾睡

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Chinese

snore to sleep
trad. (鼾睡)
simp. #(鼾睡)

Pronunciation


Verb

鼾睡

  1. to be sound asleep; to fall into a snoring sleep

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Hyōgai
すい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 鼾睡 (hānshuì, literally snoring + sleeping).

Pronunciation

Noun

(かん)(すい) (kansui

  1. sleeping while snoring

Verb

(かん)(すい)する (kansui suruintransitive suru (stem (かん)(すい) (kansui shi), past (かん)(すい)した (kansui shita))

  1. to sleep while snoring
  2. to sleep so soundly that one snores

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN