Chinese Word: 眠 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

眠HSK 5

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: 目

Pictophonetic:民 indicates the sound; 目 (eye) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 目 [ mù ] eye; to look, to see; division, topic
- 民 [ mín ] citizens, subjects; a nation's people

Similar Characters: 眤睢昭

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睡眠	shuì mián	sleep; to sleep; (computing) to enter sleep mode
失眠HSK 5	shī mián	to suffer from insomnia
催眠	cuī mián	hypnosis
安眠药	ān mián yào	sleeping pill; Classifiers: 粒
休眠	xiū mián	to be dormant (biology); inactive (volcano); to hibernate (computing)

1		wǒ 我 zhěng 整 wǎn 晚 dōu 都 shī mián 失眠 le 了。 I was awake all night.
2		wǒ 我 zuó tiān 昨天 wǎn shang 晚上 méi shén me 没什么 shuì mián 睡眠。 I didn't get much sleep last night.
3		wǒ men liǎ 我们俩 dōu 都 shì 是 shī mián zhèng 失眠症 huàn zhě 患者。 Both of us suffer from insomnia.
4		xīn qíng 心情 bù hǎo 不好 kě néng 可能 dǎo zhì 导致 shī mián 失眠。 Bad mood can lead to insomnia.
5		gōng zuò 工作 jǐn zhāng 紧张 cháng cháng 常常 huì 会 dǎo zhì 导致 shuì mián 睡眠 bù zú 不足。 Tight work schedules often result in lack of sleep.

1		wǒ 我 zhěng 整 wǎn 晚 dōu 都 shī mián 失眠 le 了。 I was awake all night.
2		wǒ 我 zuó tiān 昨天 wǎn shang 晚上 méi shén me 没什么 shuì mián 睡眠。 I didn't get much sleep last night.
3		wǒ men liǎ 我们俩 dōu 都 shì 是 shī mián zhèng 失眠症 huàn zhě 患者。 Both of us suffer from insomnia.
4		xīn qíng 心情 bù hǎo 不好 kě néng 可能 dǎo zhì 导致 shī mián 失眠。 Bad mood can lead to insomnia.
5		gōng zuò 工作 jǐn zhāng 紧张 cháng cháng 常常 huì 会 dǎo zhì 导致 shuì mián 睡眠 bù zú 不足。 Tight work schedules often result in lack of sleep.