食睏

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	sleepy; doze off
trad. (食睏)		食	睏
simp. (食困)		食	困

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíkùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄎㄨㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíkùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄎㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhkùn
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-kʻun⁴
    • Yale: shŕ-kwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrkuenn
    • Palladius: шикунь (šikunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵¹/

Verb

食睏

1. (Beijing Mandarin) to be sleepy after having a meal

   • 吃飽了食睏吧！ [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
     吃饱了食困吧！ [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2004, 《家有儿女》, episode 39

     Chī bǎo le shíkùn ba! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-khùn

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-khùn
    • Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-khùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqquxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰun²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kʰun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰun²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kʰun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰun²¹/

Noun

食睏

1. (Southern Min) eating and sleeping; daily life