qǐn
Traditional: 寢
寝 (qǐn) is a Chinese word meaning “(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest; (bound form) bedroom; (bound form) imperial tomb”.
Meanings
- 1(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest
- 2(bound form) bedroom
- 3(bound form) imperial tomb
- 4(literary) to stop; to cease
Related words
寝室bedroom就寝to go to sleep寝old variant of 寢|寝[qin3]寝食难安lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)废寝忘食(idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work寿终正寝to die of old age寝具bedding安寝to sleep peacefully寝苫枕块bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom)废寝食to neglect sleep and food枕戈寝甲lit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)陵寝tomb (of king or emperor)