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休眠

xiū mián

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

休眠 (xiū mián) means "to be dormant (biology); inactive (volcano); to hibernate (computing)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 休眠 means

1. biologydormant
2. (of a volcano) dormant
3. computingto hibernate

The characters in 休眠

• 休xiūto rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease
• 眠miánto sleep; to hibernate

Words starting with 休眠

• 休眠火山xiū mián huǒ shāndormant volcano

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