睏覺

See also: 困觉 and 困覺

Chinese

sleepy; doze off
feel; find that; thinking
feel; find that; thinking; awake; aware; a nap; a sleep
 
trad. (睏覺/困覺) /
simp. (困觉)
alternative forms 瞓覺𰥛觉 Cantonese/Hakka
訓覺训觉 Cantonese/Hakka

Pronunciation


Note:
  • fan3 gaau3 - vernacular;
  • kwan3 gaau3 - literary.
  • Gan
    • (Nanchang)
      • Wiktionary: kun3 'gau4
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kʰun²¹³⁻¹³ ˈkau³⁵/
  • Wu
    • (Northern: Shanghai)
      • Wugniu: 1khuen 5kau
      • MiniDict: khuen kau
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 1khun 2kau
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰuən⁴⁴  kɔ³⁴/
    • (Northern: Shanghai)
      • Wugniu: 1khuen-kau5
      • MiniDict: khuen kau
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 1khun-kau2
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰuən⁵⁵ kɔ²¹/
    • (Northern: Shanghai, Haining)
      • Wugniu: 5khuen-kau5
      • MiniDict: khuen kau
      • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 2khun-kau2
      • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰuən³³ kɔ⁴⁴/
      • Sinological IPA (Haining): /kʰuən³³ kɔ⁵³/
    • (Northern: Suzhou)
      • Wugniu: 3khuen5-kau5; 1khuen5-kau5
      • MiniDict: khuen kau; khuen kau
      • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kʰuən⁵² kæ¹¹/, /kʰuən⁴⁴ kæ/
    • (Northern: Hangzhou)
      • Wugniu: 5khuen-ciau5
      • MiniDict: khuen ciau
      • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /kʰun³⁴ t͡ɕiɔ⁵³/
Note: 1khuen 5kau is the most common.
  • Xiang
    • (Changsha)
      • Wiktionary: kun4 gau4
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯ən⁴⁵ kɒu̯⁴⁵/

Verb

睏覺

  1. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Wu, Xiang, intransitive) to sleep; to go to sleep

Usage notes

In written Cantonese, the original form of this word is rarely used, the alternative forms 瞓覺 / 𰥛觉 (fan3 gaau3) or 訓覺 / 训觉 are more commonly used.

Synonyms

See also