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寝

qǐn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character Traditional 寢

What 寝 means

1. bound formto lie down to sleep or rest
2. bound formbedroom
3. bound formimperial tomb
4. literaryto stop; to cease

Other readings

寝 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qǐnold variant of {寝|qǐn}

Example sentences

• 我晚上很晚就寝。
  Wǒ wǎnshang hěn wǎn jiùqǐn.
  I go to bed late at night.
• 就寝之前不要喝啤酒。
  Do not drink beer before going to bed.
• 差不多是就寝的时间了。
  Chàbuduō shì jiùqǐn de shíjiān le.
  It's almost time to go to bed.
• 长久以来我都很早就寝。
  For a long time, I've had a habit of going to bed early.
• 差不多是我们就寝的时间了。
  Chàbuduō shì wǒmen jiùqǐn de shíjiān le.
  It's about time we went to bed.

Words starting with 寝

• 寝室qǐn shìbedroom; dormitory
• 寝具qǐn jùbedding
• 寝食难安qǐn shí nán ān(lit.) cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom); (fig.) extremely worried and troubled
• 寝苫枕块qǐn shān zhěn kuàibed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom); the correct etiquette for a filial son during…

Words containing 寝

• 就寝jiù qǐnto go to sleep; to go to bed (literary)
• 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
• 寿终正寝shòu zhōng zhèng qǐnto die of old age; to die in one's bed at a ripe old age…
• 安寝ān qǐnto sleep peacefully
• 陵寝líng qǐntomb (of king or emperor)
• 废寝食fèi qǐn shíto neglect sleep and food
• 枕戈寝甲zhěn gē qǐn jiǎlit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)…
• 食肉寝皮shí ròu qǐn píto eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb…
• 废寝忘餐fèi qǐn wàng cānsee 废寝忘食
• 忘餐废寝wàng cān fèi qǐnsee 废寝忘食

Characters that look like 寝

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 察cháto examine; to inquire; to observe
• 窟kūcave; hole
• 蔡Càisurname Cai
• 窘jiǒngdistressed; embarrassed
• 霆tíngclap of thunder
• 獒áo(bound form) mastiff

Sounds the same

Read qǐn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 昑bright
• 笉smiling countenance; bamboo rope

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qǐn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.