"沉睡" meaning in Chinese

See 沉睡 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰɐm²¹ sɵy̯²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /tim²⁴⁻²² sui²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /tim¹³⁻²² sui²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /tim²⁴⁻²² sui⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /tim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sui³⁵/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 沉睡
  1. to be sound asleep; to be fast asleep
    Sense id: en-沉睡-zh-verb-04xs~PrP Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sleep Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Sleep: 93 7
  2. (figurative) to lie dormant Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-沉睡-zh-verb-TUDxjgDl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 沉眠 (chénmián), 熟睡 (shúshuì), 睡得很沉 (shuì de hěn chén), 睡得很香 (shuì de hěn xiāng), 酣眠, 酣睡 (hānshuì), 重眠 (tāng-bîn / tǎng-bîn) [Hokkien], 鼾睡 (hānshuì)
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        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cam⁴ seoi⁶"
    },
    {
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tîm-sūi"
    },
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        "Peng'im"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄔㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˋ"
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        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chénshuèi"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻên²-shui⁴"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chén-shwèi"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
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    },
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      "roman": "čɛnʹšuj",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чэньшуй"
    },
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        "Guangzhou",
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        "Hong Kong"
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      "tags": [
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        "Guangzhou",
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "cem⁴ sêu⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɐm²¹ sɵy̯²²/",
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tîm-sūi"
    },
    {
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tîm-suī"
    },
    {
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dimsui"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tim²⁴⁻²² sui²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
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    {
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
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      "zh_pron": "dim⁵ sui⁶"
    },
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      "zh_pron": "tîm sŭi"
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      "roman": "chénmián",
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      "roman": "shúshuì",
      "word": "熟睡"
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      "roman": "shuì de hěn chén",
      "word": "睡得很沉"
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