催眠

Chinese

urge; press; expedite
urge; press; expedite; prompt; hurry
 
sleep
simp. and trad.
(催眠)

Pronunciation


Verb

催眠

  1. to hypnotise; to mesmerise
  2. to put to sleep; to lull

Noun

催眠

  1. hypnosis

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: S
みん
Grade: S
kan'on kan'yōon

Etymology

Uncertain. Might be a coinage in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of (sai, causing, inducing) +‎ (min, sleep).

First attested in 1872.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(さい)(みん) • (saimin

  1. [from 1872] hypnosis
  2. [from 1926] the action of causing sleepiness

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 催眠”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

催眠 • (choemyeon) (hangeul 최면)

  1. hanja form? of 최면 (hypnosis)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

催眠

  1. chữ Hán form of thôi miên (hypnosis)