鼾声

See also: 鼾聲

Chinese

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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) んせー [kàńséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

(かん)(せい) • (kansei) 

  1. the sound of snoring

Synonyms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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