淺眠

Chinese

		shallow; sound of moving water	sleep
trad. (淺眠)		淺	眠
simp. (浅眠)		浅	眠
alternative forms		汱眠 (khín-bîn)

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhián-bîn / khín-bîn

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhián-bîn
    • Tâi-lô: tshián-bîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiefnbiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khín-bîn
    • Tâi-lô: khín-bîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qynbiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²⁴/

Adjective

淺眠

1. (Hokkien, Zhao'an Hakka) being a light sleeper

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 醒睡 (“being a light sleeper”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	醒睡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	醒瞓
	Hong Kong	醒瞓
	Taishan	醒瞓
Hakka	Meixian	醒睡
	Xingning	醒睡
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	醒瞓
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	醒睡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	醒睡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	醒睡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	醒睡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	醒睡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	淺眠
Huizhou	Jixi	醒熟
Southern Min	Xiamen	汱眠
	Quanzhou	汱眠
	Zhangzhou	汱眠
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	淺眠
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	淺眠, 輕眠
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	淺眠
	Yilan	淺眠
	Tainan	淺眠, 汱眠
	Tainan (Anping)	汱眠
	Penghu (Xiyu)	汱眠
	Leizhou	脆眠
Wu	Shanghai	醒睏