沉睡

Chinese

		submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop	to sleep
trad. (沉睡)		沉	睡
simp. #(沉睡)		沉	睡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénshuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ seoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tîm-sūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénshuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénshuèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-shui⁴
    • Yale: chén-shwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernshuey
    • Palladius: чэньшуй (čɛnʹšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ seoi⁶
    • Yale: chàhm seuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ soey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ sêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ sɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tîm-sūi
    • Tâi-lô: tîm-suī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dimsui
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tim²⁴⁻²² sui²²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tim¹³⁻²² sui²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tim²⁴⁻²² sui⁴¹/

Verb

沉睡

1. to be sound asleep; to be fast asleep
2. (figurative) to lie dormant

Synonyms

• (to be sound asleep):

• 沉眠 (chénmián)
• 熟睡 (shúshuì)
• 睡得很沉 (shuì de hěn chén)
• 睡得很香 (shuì de hěn xiāng)
• 重眠 (tāng-bîn / tǎng-bîn) (Hokkien)