# 眠床
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): miánchuáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄨㄤˊ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): min$^4$ cong$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): men$^3$ cong$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): mìn-chhòng
    (Hailu, HRS): min cong
    (Meixian, Guangdong): min$^2$ cong$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): mêng-chông
* Eastern Min (BUC): mìng-chòng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bîn-chhn̂g / bên-chhn̂g / bîn-chhôⁿ / mn̂g-chhn̂g / mî-chhn̂g / bûn-chhn̂g / bîn-sn̂g / mîn-chhn̂g
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ming$^5$ ceng$^5$ / mêng$^5$ ceng$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$mi-zaon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: miánchuáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄨㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: miánchuáng
*** Wade–Giles: mien$^2$-chʻuang$^2$
*** Yale: myán-chwáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mianchwang
*** Palladius: мяньчуан (mjanʹčuan)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: min$^4$ cong$^4$
*** Yale: mìhn chòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: min$^4$ tsong$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: min$^4$ cong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /miːn²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: men$^3$ cong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐben²² t͡sʰɔŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-chhòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: min$^ˇ$ cong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: min$^2$ cong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: min cong
*** Sinological IPA: /min⁵⁵ t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: min$^2$ cong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ t͡sʰɔŋ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mêng-chông
*** Sinological IPA : /meiŋ³³ t͡sʰɔŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mìng-chòng
*** Sinological IPA : /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$ʒouŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Tong'an, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Tainan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Penang, Singapore, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-chhn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: bîn-tshn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: binzhngg
*** IPA (Tong'an, Taipei): /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /bin²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³⁻³³ t͡sʰŋ̍²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Lukang, Philippines): /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
*** IPA (Penang): /bin²³⁻²¹ t͡sʰŋ̍²³/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /bin²⁴⁻¹² t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
*** IPA (Yilan, Tainan): /bin²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍¹³/
** (Hokkien: Hui'an)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bên-chhn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: bên-tshn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: benzhngg
*** IPA (Hui'an): /ben²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Changtai, Longyan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-chhôⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: bîn-tshônn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: binzhvoo
*** IPA (Longyan): /bin¹¹ t͡sʰõ¹¹/
*** IPA (Changtai): /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ̃²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Tainan, Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̂g-chhn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: mn̂g-tshn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mngzhngg
*** IPA (Tainan): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Lukang): /mŋ̍²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-chhn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: mî-tshn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mizhngg
*** IPA (Taipei): /mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bûn-chhn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: bûn-tshn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bunzhngg
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bun¹³⁻²² t͡sʰŋ̍¹³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangpu)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-sn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: bîn-sn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: binsngg
*** IPA (Zhangpu): /bin²¹³⁻³³ sŋ̍²¹³/
** (Hokkien: Penang, Medan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mîn-chhn̂g
*** Tâi-lô: mîn-tshn̂g
*** Phofsit Daibuun: minzhngg
*** IPA (Penang): /min²³⁻²¹ t͡sʰŋ̍²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ming$^5$ ceng$^5$ / mêng$^5$ ceng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mîng tshṳ̂ng / mêng tshṳ̂ng
*** Sinological IPA : /miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɯŋ⁵⁵/, /meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɯŋ⁵⁵/
* ming5 ceng5 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Bangkok;
* mêng5 ceng5 - Jieyang, Chiang Mai, Hat Yai.
* Middle Chinese: men dzrjang
Rime :
| Character | 眠 | 床 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 崇 (20) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III |
| Fanqie | 莫賢切 | 士莊切 |
| Baxter | men | dzrjang |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /men/ | /d͡ʒɨɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /men/ | /ɖ͡ʐiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mɛn/ | /d͡ʒiɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mɛn/ | /ɖ͡ʐɨaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /men/ | /d͡ʒiaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /mien/ | /d͡ʒĭaŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mien/ | /ɖ͡ʐʱi̯aŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mián | chuáng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | min$^4$ | cong$^4$ |

### Noun

眠床
* (literary or Hakka, Min, Wu) bed (Classifier: 架 md; 頂／顶 mn)
    From: 1925 November 3, 魯迅 (Lu Xun), 弟兄 (dìxiong)
    Tā biàn zài shūzhuō páng zuòxià, zhèng duì zhe miánchuáng; kàn Jìng Fǔ de liǎn, yǐ méiyǒu zuótiān nàyàng tōnghóng le. [Pinyin]
    He then sat beside the desk, facing the bed; it seems that Jing Fu's face is already not as red as it was yesterday.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 床 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 床, 床鋪, 睡鋪, 臥床 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 床 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 床 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 床 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 床 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 床 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 床 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 床 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 床 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 床 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 床 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 床 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 床 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 床 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 床 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 床 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 床 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 床, 床子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 床 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 床 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 牙床, 被窩 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 床 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 床 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 床 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 床 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 床, 鋪 with bedclothes, 床鋪 with bedclothes |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 床, 鋪 with bedclothes |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 床 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 床 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 床鋪, 床 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 床鋪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 床鋪, 床 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 床鋪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 床, 床鋪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Binyang (Nanjie) | 床 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hechi (Yizhou) | 床, 床鋪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luocheng (Dongmen) | 床, 床鋪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianlin (Langping) | 床鋪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 床 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 床 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 床鋪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 床 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 床 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 床 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 床 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 床 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 床 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 床 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 床 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 眠床 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 眠床 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 眠床 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 床 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 床, 眠床 Houjie |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 床 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 床鋪, 床 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 床鋪, 床 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 床鋪, 床 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 床鋪, 床 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 床 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 床 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 床 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 床 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 床 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 床 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 床 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 床 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 床 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 床 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 床 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 床 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 床 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 床, 鋪 with bedclothes |
| Hakka | Meixian | 眠床, 床 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 眠床 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 眠床 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 床 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 床 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 眠床 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 眠床 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 眠床 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 床 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 眠床 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 眠床 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 眠床 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 眠床 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 眠床 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 眠床 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 眠床 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 床鋪 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 床 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 眠床 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 床 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 眠床 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 眠床 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 眠床 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 床 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 床 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 床 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 床 |
| Jin | Linhe | 床 |
| Jin | Jining | 床 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 床 |
| Jin | Baotou | 床 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 床 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 床 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 床, 眠床 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 眠床 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 眠床 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 眠床 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 眠床, 大床, 大鋪 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 眠床 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 眠床 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 眠床 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 床 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 眠床 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 床 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 床 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 床 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 眠床 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 床 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 床 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 眠床 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 鋪 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 眠床, 床 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 眠床, 鋪 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 床 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 眠床, 睏床 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 眠床, 床 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 眠床鋪, 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 床鋪 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 床 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 床 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 床, 眠床 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 床 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 床, 暝床 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鋪, 眠床 old wooden bed, 鋪床 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 眠床 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 鋪, 眠床 old-style bed |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鋪, 眠床 old-style bed |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 鋪, 眠床 old-style bed |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 鋪, 眠床 old-style bed |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 眠床 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 眠床 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 床 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 床 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 床 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 床 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 床 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 床 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 床 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 床 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 床 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 床 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 床 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 床 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 床 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 眠床 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 床, 眠床 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 床 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 床 |
| Wu | Danyang | 床 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 眠床, 床 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 眠床 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 床, 眠床 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 床 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 床, 床鋪, 鋪 with bedclothes |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 床 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 床, 鋪 with bedclothes |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 床, 床鋪, 鋪 with bedclothes |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 床 |

#### Derived terms

* 上踏枋，上眠床，無洗跤睏中央／上踏枋，上眠床，无洗跤困中央
* 眠床下
* 眠床刀
* 眠床囝
* 眠床墘
* 眠床尾
* 眠床枋
* 眠床緣／眠床缘
* 眠床肚
* 眠床被
* 眠床跤
* 眠床頂／眠床顶
* 眠床頂／眠床顶
* 眠床頭／眠床头
* 算命先生半路亡，木匠先生無眠床／算命先生半路亡，木匠先生无眠床

#### Descendants

* → Betawi: bincheng

### Verb

眠床
* (Taishanese) to stay in bed; to lie in bed

### References

* “Entry #6411”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.