"寝" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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寝
Trad. 寢
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 宀
Strokes 3
Composition
Strokes 13
Structure
Decomp. 宀丬彐冖又
Prononciation
Mandarin qǐn
Entry Methods
Pinyin qin3
Kanji /
Cangjie
 JLME
十中一水
Sijiao 3014.7
Wubi PUVC
CNS 11643 4-3C6E
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+5BDD
GB2312 C7DE
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寝 qǐn to lie down
Results beginning with 寝
寝室 qǐn shì bedroom / dormitory / CL:間|间[jian1]
寝具 qǐn jù bedding
寝苫枕块 qǐn shān zhěn kuài bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom) / the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period
寝食难安 qǐn shí nán ān lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled
Approximate Results for 寝
就寝 jiù qǐn to go to sleep / to go to bed (literary)
陵寝 líng qǐn tomb (of king or emperor)
安寝 ān qǐn to sleep peacefully
废寝食 fèi qǐn shí to neglect sleep and food
废寝忘食 fèi qǐn wàng shí to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom) / to skip one's sleep and meals / to be completely wrapped up in one's work
寿终正寝 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life
食肉寝皮 shí ròu qǐn pí to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom) / to swear revenge on sb / implacable hatred / to have sb's guts for garters
忘餐废寝 wàng cān fèi qǐn see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2]
枕戈寝甲 zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom) / to keep ready for battle at all times
废寝忘餐 fèi qǐn wàng cān see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2]
就寝时间 jiù qǐn shí jiān bedtime
宰予昼寝 Zǎi Yǔ zhòu qǐn Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom) / refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures
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