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瞑

míng

Character

What 瞑 means

1. to close (the eyes)

Example sentences

• 玲奶奶死的不瞑目。流传说那栋房子至今未人敢入住。
  Grandma Ling died with unfinished business. It is said that to this day no one has dared to live in that house.

Words starting with 瞑

• 瞑目míng mùto close one's eyes; (fig.) to be contented at the time of one's death…
• 瞑想míng xiǎngto muse; to think deeply; contemplation
• 瞑眩míng xuàndizziness, nausea etc brought on as a side effect of drug treatment (Chinese medicine)

Words containing 瞑

• 死不瞑目sǐ bù míng mùlit. not close one's eyes after dying (idiom); fig. to die with an unresolved grievance

Characters built on 冥

These share the phonetic component 冥 (míng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 螟míngboring insect; snout moth's larva…
• 溟míngto drizzle; sea
• 暝míngdark

Characters that look like 瞑

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

• 膜mómembrane; film
• 蝶dié(bound form) butterfly
• 膳shànmeals
• 踝huáiankle
• 瞟piǎoto cast a glance
• 蟆mátoad

Sounds the same

Read míng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 名name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 明bright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 铭to engrave; inscribed motto
• 鸣to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound…
• 冥dark; deep; stupid
• 茗Thea sinensis; young leaves of tea
• 溟to drizzle; sea
• 暝dark
• 螟boring insect; snout moth's larva…
• 眳space between the eyebrows and the eyelashes
• 洺name of a river
• 榠used in 榠楂