Chinese Word: 寝 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

寝 (Trad.: 寢)HSK 6

Pinyin: qǐn

English Definition: to lie down

Chinese Definition:
①睡，卧：寝室。寝车。寝宫。安寝。
②睡觉的地方：就寝。寿终正寝。
③皇家宗庙后殿藏先人衣冠之处，亦指帝王的坟墓：寝庙。陵寝。
④停止，平息：其议遂寝(那种议论于是平息)。事寝。
⑤面貌难看：貌寝。

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 宀

Ideographic:A person 彐冖又 lying down on a bed 丬 in their home 宀

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寝室	qǐn shì	bedroom; dormitory; Classifiers: 间
就寝	jiù qǐn	to go to sleep; to go to bed (literary)
废寝忘食HSK 6	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
寝食不安	qǐn shí bù ān	to lose appetite and sleep (from worry) (idiom)