鬼壓床

See also: 鬼压床 and 鬼壓牀

Chinese

		ghost; sly; crafty	to crush; to press; to push down to crush; to press; to push down; to keep under (control); in the first place	bed; couch; (a measure word)
trad. (鬼壓床/鬼壓牀)		鬼	壓	床/牀
simp. (鬼压床)		鬼	压	床
Literally: “ghost (night hag) pressing on the bed”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǐyāchuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄚ ㄔㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai² aat³ cong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǐyāchuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄚ ㄔㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guěiyachuáng
    • Wade–Giles: kuei³-ya¹-chʻuang²
    • Yale: gwěi-yā-chwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goeiiachwang
    • Palladius: гуйячуан (gujjačuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai² aat³ cong⁴
    • Yale: gwái aat chòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai² aat⁸ tsong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei² ad³ cong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³⁵ aːt̚³ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 鬼壓床

1. (pathology, colloquial) sleep paralysis

Synonyms

• 鬼壓身／鬼压身
• (formal) 睡眠癱瘓症／睡眠瘫痪症 (shuìmián tānhuànzhèng)