歇睏

See also: 歇困

Chinese

		to rest	sleepy; doze off
trad. (歇睏)		歇	睏
simp. (歇困)		歇	困
alternative forms		休睏／休困 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hiet-khun / hiat-khun

  (Hailu, HRS): hied kun^ˇ

• Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): hoe⁵ kuong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hioh-khùn / hehⁿ-khùn / heh-khùn

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiet-khun
    • Hakka Romanization System: hied^ˋ kun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiad⁵ kun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯et̚² kʰun⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiat-khun
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiad^ˋ kun
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiad⁵ kun⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯at̚² kʰun⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: hied kun^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /hiet⁵⁻² kʰun¹¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hoe⁵ kuong⁴ [Phonetic: hoe¹ uong⁴]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hø²¹⁻⁵⁵ ^(kʰ-)uoŋ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Tong'an, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hioh-khùn
    • Tâi-lô: hioh-khùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hioihquxn
    • IPA (Taipei): /hio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /hio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰun¹²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /hio(ʔ)⁵ kʰun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Tong'an): /hio(ʔ)³²⁻⁴ kʰun¹¹²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hio(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰun²¹/
    • IPA (Lukang): /hio(ʔ)⁵⁻⁵³ kʰun³¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kʰun²¹/
    • IPA (Tainan): /hiɤ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰun²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hehⁿ-khùn
    • Tâi-lô: hennh-khùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvehquxn
    • IPA (Taipei): /hẽ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰun¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hẽ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kʰun²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɛ̃(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰun²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heh-khùn
    • Tâi-lô: heh-khùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hehquxn
    • IPA (Yilan): /he(ʔ)²⁻⁵³ kʰun²¹/

Verb

歇睏

1. (Hakka, Southern Min, Xianyou Puxian Min) to rest; to take a break
2. (Southern Min, Zhao'an Hakka) to take time off (from work, school, etc.)

Synonyms

• (to rest):

edit

• 休息
• 休憩 (xiūqì) (literary)
• 停歇 (tíngxiē)
• 停睏／停困 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 喘氣／喘气 (chuǎnqì) (to take a breather)
• 安息 (ānxī)
• 憩息 (qìxī) (literary)
• 放尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
• 敨 (tau²) (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 歇 (xiē)
• 歇喘 (Hokkien, to take a breather)
• 歇息 (xiēxi)
• 歇氣／歇气 (xiēqì) (to take a breather)
• 歇𤺪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 休息 (“to rest; to take a break”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		休息, 歇息
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	歇, 休息
	Taiwan	休息
	Singapore	休息
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	歇
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	歇
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	歇氣, 歇
	Wuhan	歇, 歇氣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	歇, 休息
	Hefei	歇
Cantonese	Guangzhou	敨, 歇
	Hong Kong	敨, 歇, 休息
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	敨
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	敨
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	敨
	Dongguan	敨
	Yangjiang	敨, 歇
Gan	Nanchang	歇
Hakka	Meixian	歇, 敨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	歇睏, 休息
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	歇睏, 休息
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	歇睏, 休息
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	歇睏, 休息
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	歇睏, 休息
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	歇睏
	Hong Kong	敨
Jin	Taiyuan	歇
Northern Min	Jian'ou	歇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	歇
Southern Min	Xiamen	歇, 歇睏
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	歇睏
	Quanzhou	歇睏
	Zhangzhou	歇睏
	Taipei	歇, 歇睏
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	歇
	Kaohsiung	歇, 歇睏
	Yilan	歇, 歇睏
	Changhua (Lukang)	歇, 歇睏
	Taichung	歇睏
	Tainan	歇, 歇睏
	Hsinchu	歇睏
	Kinmen	歇睏
	Penghu (Magong)	歇睏
	Singapore (Hokkien)	休息, 歇
	Manila (Hokkien)	休息
	Chaozhou	歇乏, 歇睏
	Puning	歇, 歇乏, 休息
Puxian Min	Putian	歇痠
	Xianyou	歇睏, 候睏
Wu	Shanghai	歇作, 休息
	Suzhou	歇, 休息
	Wenzhou	歇, 休息
Xiang	Changsha	歇氣
	Shuangfeng	歇氣

• (to take time off):

Dialectal synonyms of 放假 (“to have time off; to go on holidays”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		放假
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	放假
	Harbin	放假
	Singapore	放假
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	放假
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	放假
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	放假
	Wanrong	放假
	Xi'an	放假
	Xining	放假
	Xuzhou	放假
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	放假, 撒學
	Lanzhou	放假
	Ürümqi	放假
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	放假
	Wuhan	放假
	Guiyang	放假
	Guilin	放假
	Liuzhou	放假
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	放假
	Yangzhou	放假
Cantonese	Hong Kong	放假
	Taishan	放假
	Dongguan	放假
Gan	Nanchang	放假
	Lichuan	放假
	Pingxiang	放假
Hakka	Meixian	放假
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	放假
	Yudu	放假
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	放假, 放嫽
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	放假, 放嫽
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	放假, 放嫽
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	放假, 放嫽
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	放假, 放嫽
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	放假, 歇睏
Huizhou	Jixi	放假
Jin	Taiyuan	放假
	Xinzhou	放假
Northern Min	Jian'ou	放假
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	放假
Southern Min	Xiamen	放假, 放冬
	Quanzhou	放假
	Jinjiang	放冬
	Zhangzhou	放假, 放冬
	Tainan	放假
	Penang (Hokkien)	放假
	Singapore (Hokkien)	放假
	Manila (Hokkien)	放假
	Haikou	放假
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	放假
Wu	Shanghai	放假
	Shanghai (Chongming)	放假
	Suzhou	放假
	Danyang	放假
	Hangzhou	放假
	Ningbo	放假
	Wenzhou	放假
	Jinhua	放假
Xiang	Changsha	放假
	Loudi	散假

Derived terms

• 歇睏日／歇困日
• 歇睏時仔／歇困时仔

 

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “歇困”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 261.