睡午覺

睡午覺

Chinese

		to sleep	nap, siesta
trad. (睡午覺)		睡	午覺
simp. (睡午觉)		睡	午觉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuìwǔjiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁶ ng⁵ gaau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shuìwǔjiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shueywuujiaw
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁶ ng⁵ gaau³
    • Yale: seuih ńgh gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁶ ng⁵ gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁶ ng⁵ gao³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²² ŋ̍¹³ käːu̯³³/

Verb

睡午覺

1. to take an afternoon nap; to take a nap after lunch

Synonyms

• 午睡 (wǔshuì)
• (literary) 晝寢／昼寝 (zhòuqǐn)
• (Min Nan) 睏晝／困昼