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失眠

失眠

Chinese

		to lose; to miss; to fail	sleep
simp. and trad. (失眠)		失	眠

Verb

失眠

to lose sleep; to have insomnia

Noun

失眠

sleeplessness; insomnia

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shīmián

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄇㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ min⁴
Min Nan (POJ): sit-bîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shīmián
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄇㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shymian
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sat¹ min⁴
  - Yale: sāt mìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ min⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ miːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sit-bîn
  - Tâi-lô: sit-bîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sitbiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕit̚⁵⁻²⁴ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁵ bin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ bin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕit̚³²⁻⁴ bin²³/