臥室

See also: 卧室

Chinese

		to lie; to crouch	room
trad. (臥室/卧室)		臥/卧	室
simp. (卧室)		卧	室

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wòshì, wòshǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ, ㄨㄛˋ ㄕˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): o⁴ si²
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁶ sat¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ngō͘-siak / gō-sek / gō-sit

(Teochew, Peng'im): o⁶ sig⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wòshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wòshìh
  - Wade–Giles: wo⁴-shih⁴
  - Yale: wò-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wohshyh
  - Palladius: воши (voši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wòshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ ㄕˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wòshǐh
  - Wade–Giles: wo⁴-shih³
  - Yale: wò-shř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wohshyy
  - Palladius: воши (voši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: o⁴ si²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: os
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /o²¹³ sz̩²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ngo⁶ sat¹
  - Yale: ngoh sāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁶ sat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁶ sed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²² sɐt̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngō͘-siak
  - Tâi-lô: ngōo-siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngoxsiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻²² siak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō-sek
  - Tâi-lô: gō-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goixseg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡo²²⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō-sit
  - Tâi-lô: gō-sit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goixsid
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡo²²⁻²¹ sit̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: o⁶ sig⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ŏ sik
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /o³⁵⁻¹¹ sik̚²/

Noun

臥室

bedroom (Classifier: 間／间)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 臥室 (“bedroom”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		臥內, 寢室
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		臥室, 臥房, 寢室
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	臥室, 臥房
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	睡房
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	寢室
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	臥室, 房圈
	Guilin	臥室
	Kokang	睡處
	Dagudi (Maliba)	睡房
	Reshuitang (Longling)	睡房
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	睡房, 臥室
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	睡房
Cantonese	Guangzhou	睡房, 瞓房
Cantonese	Hong Kong	睡房
Southern Min	Xiamen	睏房
	Quanzhou	睏房
	Jinjiang	睏房
	Zhangzhou	睏房
	Taipei	睏房 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	睏房
	Manila (Hokkien)	睏房
	Haikou	偃瞌房
	Qionghai	瞌房
Wu	Wenzhou	眠床間, 睏間
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)