寝
(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest; (bound form) bedroom; (bound form) imperial tomb; (literary) to stop; to cease
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Dict coverage rank #2,679 U+5BDD
How 寝 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A person 彐冖又 lying down on a bed 丬 in their home 宀
How to remember it
get some shuteye · Heisig RSH #2202
house + turtle + dunce
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 寝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寝食不安 | qǐn shí bù ān | see 寢食難安|寝食难安[qin3 shi2 nan2 an1] |
| 寝食难安 | qǐn shí nán ān | (lit.) unable to sleep or eat in peace (idiom); (fig.) deeply worried or troubled |
| 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 hatr… |
| 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 machin… |
| 废寝忘食 | fèi qǐn wàng shí | (idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work |
| 安寝 | ān qǐn | to sleep peacefully |
| 废寝食 | fèi qǐn shí | to neglect sleep and food |
| 废寝忘餐 | fèi qǐn wàng cān | see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2] |
| 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 | lit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom); fig. to keep ready for batt… |
| 寝室 | qǐn shì | bedroom; dormitory; CL:間|间[jian1] |
| 就寝 | jiù qǐn | to go to sleep; to go to bed (literary) |
| 寝具 | qǐn jù | bedding |
| 陵寝 | líng qǐn | tomb (of king or emperor) |
| 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… |