鼾齁

Chinese

		snore	snore; thirsty from salty food
simp. and trad. (鼾齁)		鼾	齁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hānhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢ ㄏㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁴ hau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hānhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢ ㄏㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hanhou
    • Wade–Giles: han¹-hou¹
    • Yale: hān-hōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hanhou
    • Palladius: ханьхоу (xanʹxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon⁴ hau¹
    • Yale: hòhn hāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁴ hau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon⁴ heo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn²¹ hɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xan xuw

Rime
Character	鼾	齁
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	許干切	呼侯切
Baxter	xan	xuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɑn/	/həu/
Pan Wuyun	/hɑn/	/həu/
Shao Rongfen	/xɑn/	/xəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/han/	/həw/
Li Rong	/xɑn/	/xu/
Wang Li	/xɑn/	/xəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/xɑn/	/xə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hān	hōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hon1	hau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰaːn  qʰoː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鼾	齁
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	3606	7085
Phonetic component	干	句
Rime group	元	侯
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	頇	齁
Old Chinese	/*qʰaːn/	/*qʰoː/
Notes	讀若汗	見漢賦

Noun

鼾齁

1. (literary, onomatopoeia) sound of snoring; zzz

Synonyms

• 鼻息 (bíxī)
• 鼾聲／鼾声 (hānshēng)
• 齁聲／齁声 (hōushēng)

 

Derived terms

• 鼾齁如雷