# 睡眠
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shuìmián
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi$^6$ min$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): soi-mìn
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sūi-bîn / sùi-biân / sūi-biân
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sui$^6$ ming$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuìmián
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuèimián
*** Wade–Giles: shui$^4$-mien$^2$
*** Yale: shwèi-myán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shueymian
*** Palladius: шуймянь (šujmjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ mi̯ɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seoi$^6$ min$^4$
*** Yale: seuih mìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soey$^6$ min$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêu$^6$ min$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵy̯²² miːn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: soi-mìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: soi min$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: soi$^4$ min$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /soi̯⁵⁵ min¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūi-bîn
*** Tâi-lô: suī-bîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suixbiin
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sui²²⁻²¹ bin²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sui³³⁻¹¹ bin²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁴¹⁻²² bin²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui³³⁻²¹ bin²³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùi-biân
*** Tâi-lô: suì-biân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suie'bieen
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui²¹⁻⁵³ biɛn¹³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūi-biân
*** Tâi-lô: suī-biân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suixbieen
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sui²²⁻²¹ biɛn²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sui$^6$ ming$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sŭi mîng
*** Sinological IPA : /sui³⁵⁻¹¹ miŋ⁵⁵/

### Noun

睡眠
* sleep
    睡眠障礙／睡眠障碍 ― shuìmián zhàng'ài ― sleep disturbance

#### Derived terms

* 睡眠不足 (shuìmián bùzú)
* 睡眠呼吸暫停／睡眠呼吸暂停 (shuìmián hūxī zàntíng)
* 睡眠療法／睡眠疗法

### Verb

睡眠
* to sleep

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 臥, 寐, 寢, 眠, 睡, 就寢, 寢息 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 睡覺, 睡眠, 就寢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 睡覺, 睡, 歇覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 睡覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 睡覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 睡覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 睡覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 睡覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 睡覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 睏覺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 睡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 睡 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 睡覺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 睡瞌睡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 睡瞌睡, 睡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 睡瞌睡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 睡覺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 睡覺, 上蘇州 slang |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 睏 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 瞓覺, 瞓, 見周公 humorous, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓記 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 瞓覺, 瞓, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓覺覺 childish, 豬豬 childish |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 睡目 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 瞓, 睡 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 瞇覺 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 瞓覺, 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 瞓覺, 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Zhanjiang | 瞓覺, 曬鋪 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 睡覺, 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 閉眼 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan Maihua) | 閉眼 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 瞓覺, 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 睡覺 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 睡目, 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 瞓 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 瞓, 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) | 睡 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) | 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 睡眼 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 睡眼 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Changting | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 歇 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 歇眼, 打席 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 歇眼 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 歇, 睡 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 歇覺 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 睡目 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 睡 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 睏 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 睏 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 睏 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 睏 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 睏 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Linhe | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Jining | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Baotou | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 睡覺 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 眠䁒 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 瞌眠 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 睏, 睏眠 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 睏眠 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 睏 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 睏覺 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 夗, 死瞌 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 睏, 夗 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 瞌, 瞌覺, 睏, 歇 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 瞌, 偃瞌 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 瞌, 偃瞌 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 瞌, 偃瞌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 瞌 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 睏 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 睏 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 倒眠 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 瞇 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 瞇, 瞇覺 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 眠 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 眠 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 眠 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 眠 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 眠 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 眠 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 睏 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 睏覺, 睏, 到崑山去 slang |
| Wu | Wuxi | 睏覺 |
| Wu | Danyang | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 睏 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 睏褥, 睏 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 睏覺, 睏, 睡覺 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 睏眼閉, 睏覺 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 睡覺 |

#### See also

* 瞌睡 (kēshuì)
* 入睡 (rùshuì)
* 睡不著／睡不着 (shuìbùzháo)
* 睡得著／睡得着 (shuìdezháo)
* 睡過頭／睡过头 (shuìguòtóu)
* 睡覺／睡觉 (shuìjiào)
* 睡懶覺／睡懒觉 (shuì lǎnjiào)
* 睡著／睡着 (shuìzháo)
* (Hokkien) 睏／困 (khùn), 睏眠／困眠 (khùn-bîn)
* (Cantonese) 睏覺／困觉 (kùnjiào)／瞓覺／𰥛觉 (fan3 gaau3)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 睡 | 眠 |
| すい Grade: S | みん Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) すいみん [sùímíń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [sɨimʲĩɴ]

### Noun

睡(すい)眠(みん) • (suimin)
* sleep

#### Derived terms

* 睡眠不足(すいみんぶそく) (suiminbusoku)

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 睡 | 眠 |

### Noun

睡眠 • (sumyeon) (hangeul 수면)
* hanja form of 수면 (“sleep”)