囈語

Chinese

talk in sleep
 
speech; language; dialect
speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (囈語)
simp. (呓语)

Pronunciation


Verb

囈語

  1. (literary) to talk in one's sleep; to sleeptalk

Noun

囈語

  1. (literary) words uttered in one's sleep; somniloquy
  2. (figurative) crazy talk; ravings

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
げい
Hyōgaiji

Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(げい)() • (geigo) 

  1. sleeptalking, nonsense

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
うわ
Hyōgaiji
こと > ごと
Grade: 2
irregular

Noun

(うわ)(ごと) • (uwagoto) うはごと (ufagoto)?

  1. Alternative form of うわ言

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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