睡午覺

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shuìwǔjiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sui⁴ wu³ jiao⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁶ ng⁵ gaau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuìwǔjiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuèiwǔjiào
    • Wade–Giles: shui⁴-wu³-chiao⁴
    • Yale: shwèi-wǔ-jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shueywuujiaw
    • Palladius: шуйуцзяо (šujuczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: sui⁴ wu³ jiao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sui u giao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suei²¹³ vu⁵³ t͡ɕiau²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁶ ng⁵ gaau³
    • Yale: seuih ńgh gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁶ ng⁵ gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁶ ng⁵ gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²² ŋ̍¹³ kaːu̯³³/

Verb

睡⫽午覺 (verb-object)

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 睡午覺 (“to take an afternoon nap; to take a nap after lunch”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		晝寢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		睡午覺, 睡午睡, 午睡, 午休
Mandarin	Beijing	睡晌覺, 睡晌午覺
	Taiwan	睡午覺
	Harbin	睡午覺, 睡晌覺, 睡晌午覺
	Yantai (Muping)	睡晌覺, 睡晌, 歇晌
	Jinan	睡晌覺
	Luoyang	睡午覺兒, 歇歇晌兒
	Wanrong	歇晌午
	Xi'an	歇晌
	Yinchuan	睡晌午覺, 歇晌
	Lanzhou	睡午覺
	Xining	睡午覺
	Ürümqi	睡午覺
	Wuhan	睡中覺
	Chengdu	睡午覺, 午休
	Guiyang	睡午覺
	Guilin	睡午覺
	Guilin (Lingui)	午睡
	Liuzhou	睡午覺, 睡晌午覺, 睡晏覺 dated
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	午睡
	Xuzhou	睡午睡, 睡午覺, 睡晌午覺, 睡晌覺
	Yangzhou	睡中覺
	Nanjing	睡午覺, 睡中覺 old
	Singapore	睡午覺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瞓晏覺
	Hong Kong	瞓晏覺, 瞓晏晝覺
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	瞓晏晝
	Macau	瞓晏覺
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	瞓晏覺
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	瞓晏覺
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	瞓晏覺
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	瞓晏晝
	Foshan	瞓晏覺
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	瞓晏覺
	Foshan (Shunde)	瞓晏覺
	Foshan (Sanshui)	瞓晏覺
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	瞓晏晝
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	瞇晏覺
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	瞓晏覺
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	瞓晏覺
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	瞓晏晝
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	瞓晏晝
	Taishan	瞓晏晝
	Kaiping (Chikan)	瞓晏晝
	Enping (Niujiang)	瞓晏晝
	Heshan (Yayao)	瞓晏晝
	Dongguan	瞓晏晝, 瞓晏晝覺
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	瞓晏晝覺
	Nanning	睡晏覺
	Wuzhou	睏晏覺
	Yulin	睡晏
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	睡熱中覺
	Mengshan (Xihe)	睡晏覺
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	睡晏覺
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	睡晏覺
	Baise	睡晏覺
	Bobai	睡晏覺
	Lingshan	午睡
	Pubei	午睡
	Qinzhou	睡晏覺
	Beihai	睡晏覺
	Ningming	午睡
	Hengzhou	睡晏覺
	Hezhou (Pumen)	瞓晏覺
Gan	Nanchang	睏中覺
	Lichuan	歇晝
	Pingxiang	睏午覺
Hakka	Meixian	睡當晝
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	瞓晏晝覺
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	睡晏晝覺, 午睡
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	睡中午覺
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	睡晏晝覺
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	睡晏晝覺
	Conghua (Lütian)	午睡
	Yudu	打冷覺
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	睡當晝
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	睡當晝
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	睡當晝
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	睡當晝
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	睡當晝
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	睡當晝
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	睡午覺
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	午睡
	Mashan (Pianlian)	午睡
Huizhou	Jixi	午睡
Jin	Taiyuan	歇晌
	Xinzhou	歇晌
Northern Min	Jian'ou	歇晝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	睏晝, 歇晝
Southern Min	Xiamen	睏晝, 歇晝
	Quanzhou	睏晝, 歇晝
	Zhangzhou	歇晝
	Tainan	睏晝, 歇晝, 睏中晝 GT
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	睏白日覺
	Shantou	午睡
	Haikou	瞌晝, 瞌日晝
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	瞇日晝
	Sanxiang	瞇日晝覺
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	睡晏覺
	Nanning (Shajing)	睡晏覺
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	睡晏覺
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	睡午覺
	Guilin (Chaoyang)	午睡
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	午睡
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	睡午覺
Wu	Danyang	睏中覺, 打中覺
	Wenzhou	午睡
	Jinhua	打午寣
Xiang	Changsha	睏中覺, 睏午覺
	Loudi	睏懶覺
	Quanzhou	睡午覺
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	睡午覺
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)