鼾声

See also: 鼾聲

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 鼾声 – see 鼾聲 (“sound of snoring”). (This term is the simplified form of 鼾聲).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼾	声
かん Hyōgaiji	せい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
鼾聲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 鼾聲／鼾声 (khan? syeng, literally “snoring + sound”). Compare modern Mandarin reading hānshēng.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かんせー [kàńséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

鼾(かん)声(せい) • (kansei) 

1. the sound of snoring

Synonyms

• 鼾(いびき) (ibiki)

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN