寢室

See also: 寝室

Chinese

		lie down	room
trad. (寢室)		寢	室
simp. (寝室)		寝	室

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐnshì, qǐnshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˇ ㄕˋ, ㄑㄧㄣˇ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam² sat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhím-sek / chhím-siak / chhím-sit / khím-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐnshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐnshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin³-shih⁴
    • Yale: chǐn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiinshyh
    • Palladius: циньши (cinʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐnshǐ [Phonetic: qínshǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˇ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐnshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin³-shih³
    • Yale: chǐn-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiinshyy
    • Palladius: циньши (cinʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam² sat¹
    • Yale: chám sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam² sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem² sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm³⁵ sɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhím-sek
    • Tâi-lô: tshím-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chymseg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhím-siak
    • Tâi-lô: tshím-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chymsiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhím-sit
    • Tâi-lô: tshím-sit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chymsid
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sit̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khím-sek
    • Tâi-lô: khím-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qymseg
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪk̚³²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 寢室

1. bedroom
2. dormitory

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 臥室 (“bedroom”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		臥內, 寢室
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		臥室, 臥房, 寢室
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	臥室, 臥房
	Singapore	睡房
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	寢室
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	臥室, 房圈
	Guilin	臥室
	Kokang	睡處
	Dagudi (Maliba)	睡房
	Reshuitang (Longling)	睡房
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	睡房, 臥室
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	睡房
Cantonese	Guangzhou	睡房, 瞓房
	Hong Kong	睡房
Southern Min	Xiamen	睏房
	Quanzhou	睏房
	Jinjiang	睏房
	Zhangzhou	睏房
	Taipei	睏房 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	睏房
	Manila (Hokkien)	睏房
	Haikou	偃瞌房
	Qionghai	瞌房
Wu	Wenzhou	眠床間, 睏間
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

• (dormitory): 宿舍 (sùshè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (寢室):

• → Japanese: 寝室(しんしつ) (shinshitsu)
• → Korean: 침실(寢室) (chimsil)

(deprecated template usage)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
寢	室

Noun

寢室 • (chimsil) (hangeul 침실)

1. hanja form^? of 침실 (“bedroom”)