席夢思

席夢思

See also: 席梦思

Chinese

		banquet; woven mat; seat banquet; woven mat; seat; place	to dream	to think; to consider
trad. (席夢思)		席	夢	思
simp. (席梦思)		席	梦	思

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English Simmons, from the last name of the inventor of spring core mattresses―Zalmon G. Simmons.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xímèngsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˊ ㄇㄥˋ ㄙ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xímèngsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ ㄇㄥˋ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: símèngsih
    • Wade–Giles: hsi²-mêng⁴-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: syí-mèng-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyimenqsy
    • Palladius: симэнсы (simɛnsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi³⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

Noun

席夢思

1. spring mattress