鼾睡

Chinese

snore to sleep
simp. and trad.
(鼾睡)

Pronunciation


Verb

鼾睡

  1. to be sound asleep; to fall into a snoring sleep

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Hyōgaiji
すい
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 鼾睡 (literally snoring + sleeping).

Pronunciation

Noun

鼾睡 (hiragana かんすい, rōmaji kansui)

  1. sleeping while snoring

Verb

鼾睡する (intransitive, hiragana かんすいする, rōmaji kansui suru)

  1. to sleep while snoring
  2. to sleep so soundly that one snores

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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