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Meaning of 眠

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Pinyin: mián
English Definition: to sleep; to hibernate
Chinese Definition:
①睡觉:安眠。长眠。失眠。
②某些动物一定时期内像睡眠那样不食不动:初眠。冬眠。
③倒卧:一日三眠三起。
④横放:“眠琴绿阴”。
Total strokes: 10; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (eye) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] eye; to look, to see; division, topic
    • [ mín ] citizens, subjects; a nation's people
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Example Words
睡眠 shuì mián sleep; to sleep; (computing) to enter sleep mode
失眠 shī mián to suffer from insomnia
催眠 cuī mián hypnosis
安眠药 ān mián yào sleeping pill; Classifiers:
休眠 xiū mián to be dormant (biology); inactive (volcano); to hibernate (computing)
More: 眠* | *眠 | *眠*
Example Sentences
1
I was awake all night.
2
I didn't get much sleep last night.
3
Both of us suffer from insomnia.
4
Bad mood can lead to insomnia.
5
Tight work schedules often result in lack of sleep.