Chinese edit

snore to sleep
trad. (鼾睡)
simp. #(鼾睡)

Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

鼾睡

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

Synonyms edit

Japanese edit

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

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(かん)(すい) (kansui

  1. sleeping while snoring

Verb edit

(かん)(すい)する (kansui suruintransitive suru (stem (かん)(すい) (kansui shi), past (かん)(すい)した (kansui shita))

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

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN