眠床
See also: 眠牀
Chinese
| sleep | bed; couch; (a measure word) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (眠床/眠牀) | 眠 | 床/牀 | |
| simp. (眠床) | 眠 | 床 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): miánchuáng
- (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄨㄤˊ
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): mêng-chông
- Eastern Min (BUC): mìng-chòng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ming2 cung2 / ming2 cng2
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): bîn-chhn̂g / bên-chhn̂g / bîn-chhôⁿ / mn̂g-chhn̂g / mî-chhn̂g / bûn-chhn̂g / bîn-sn̂g / mîn-chhn̂g
- (Teochew, Peng'im): ming5 ceng5 / mêng5 ceng5
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6mi-zaon
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: miánchuáng
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄨㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: miánchuáng
- Wade–Giles: mien2-chʻuang2
- Yale: myán-chwáng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mianchwang
- Palladius: мяньчуан (mjanʹčuan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: min4 cong4
- Yale: mìhn chòhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: min4 tsong4
- Guangdong Romanization: min4 cong4
- Sinological IPA (key): /miːn²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: men3 cong3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ᵐben²² t͡sʰɔŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-chhòng
- Hakka Romanization System: minˇ congˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: min2 cong2
- Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: min cong
- Sinological IPA: /min⁵⁵ t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: min2 cong2
- Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mêng-chông
- Sinological IPA (key): /meiŋ³³ t͡sʰɔŋ³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Jiangkou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ming2 cung2 [Phonetic: ming5 nung2]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: míng-chńg
- Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ¹³⁻¹¹ (t͡sʰ-)nuŋ¹³/
- (Youyang)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ming2 cung2 [Phonetic: ming5 nung2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ²⁴⁻²¹ (t͡sʰ-)nuŋ²⁴/
- (Nanri)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ming2 cng2 [Phonetic: ming5 nng2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ¹³⁻¹¹ (t͡sʰ-)nŋ̍¹³/
- (Xianyou, Fengting)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ming2 cng2 [Phonetic: ming5 nng2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ²⁴⁻²¹ (t͡sʰ-)nŋ̍²⁴/
- (Putian, Jiangkou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Tong'an, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Tainan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Penang, Singapore, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-chhn̂g
- Tâi-lô: bîn-tshn̂g
- Phofsit Daibuun: binzhngg
- IPA (Tong'an, Taipei): /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Singapore): /bin²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³⁻³³ t͡sʰŋ̍²³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Lukang, Philippines): /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Penang): /bin²³⁻²¹ t͡sʰŋ̍²³/
- IPA (Kinmen): /bin²⁴⁻¹² t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Yilan, Tainan): /bin²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍¹³/
- (Hokkien: Hui'an)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bên-chhn̂g
- Tâi-lô: bên-tshn̂g
- Phofsit Daibuun: benzhngg
- IPA (Hui'an): /ben²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Changtai, Longyan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-chhôⁿ
- Tâi-lô: bîn-tshônn
- Phofsit Daibuun: binzhvoo
- IPA (Longyan): /bin¹¹ t͡sʰõ¹¹/
- IPA (Changtai): /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ̃²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Tainan, Lukang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-chhn̂g
- Tâi-lô: mn̂g-tshn̂g
- Phofsit Daibuun: mngzhngg
- IPA (Tainan): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Lukang): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-chhn̂g
- Tâi-lô: mî-tshn̂g
- Phofsit Daibuun: mizhngg
- IPA (Taipei): /mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-chhn̂g
- Tâi-lô: bûn-tshn̂g
- Phofsit Daibuun: bunzhngg
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍¹³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangpu)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-sn̂g
- Tâi-lô: bîn-sn̂g
- Phofsit Daibuun: binsngg
- IPA (Zhangpu): /bin²¹³⁻³³ sŋ̍²¹³/
- (Hokkien: Penang, Medan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mîn-chhn̂g
- Tâi-lô: mîn-tshn̂g
- Phofsit Daibuun: minzhngg
- IPA (Penang): /min²³⁻²¹ t͡sʰŋ̍²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Tong'an, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Tainan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Penang, Singapore, Philippines)
Note: bîn-chhn̂g - common.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ming5 ceng5 / mêng5 ceng5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mîng tshṳ̂ng / mêng tshṳ̂ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɯŋ⁵⁵/, /meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɯŋ⁵⁵/
- (Teochew)
Note:
- ming5 ceng5 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Bangkok;
- mêng5 ceng5 - Jieyang, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai.
- Middle Chinese: men dzrjang
Noun
眠床
- (literary or Hakka, Min, Wu) bed (Classifier: 架 md; 頂／顶 mn)
- 他便在書桌旁坐下，正對著眠床；看靖甫的臉，已沒有昨天那樣通紅了。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1925 November 3, 魯迅 (Lu Xun), 弟兄 (dìxiong)
- Tā biàn zài shūzhuō páng zuòxià, zhèng duì zhe miánchuáng; kàn Jìng Fǔ de liǎn, yǐ méiyǒu zuótiān nàyàng tōnghóng le. [Pinyin]
- He then sat beside the desk, facing the bed; it seems that Jing Fu's face is already not as red as it was yesterday.
他便在书桌旁坐下，正对着眠床；看靖甫的脸，已没有昨天那样通红了。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 床 (“bed”) [map]
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Betawi: bincheng
Verb
眠床
- (Taishanese) to stay in bed; to lie in bed
References
- “眠床”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “667 床”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 356.