鼾声

鼾声

See also: 鼾聲

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 鼾声 – see 鼾聲 (“sound of snoring”). (This term, 鼾声, is the simplified form of 鼾聲.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼾	声
かん Hyōgaiji	せい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 鼾聲 (khan? syeng, literally “snoring + sound”). Compare modern Mandarin reading hānshēng.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) かんせー [kàńséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

鼾声 (hiragana かんせい, rōmaji kansei)

1. the sound of snoring

Synonyms

• 鼾 (いびき) (ibiki)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan