寝

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(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest; (bound form) bedroom; (bound form) imperial tomb; (literary) to stop; to cease

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A person 彐冖又 lying down on a bed 丬 in their home 宀

Components 宀丬彐冖又

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Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
寝食不安	qǐn shí bù ān	see 寢食難安\|寝食难安[qin3 shi2 nan2 an1]
寝食难安	qǐn shí nán ān	(lit.) unable to sleep or eat in peace (idiom); (fig.) deeply worried or troubled
食肉寝皮	shí ròu qǐn pí	to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb; implacable hatr…
寿终正寝	shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn	to die of old age; to die in one's bed at a ripe old age; (fig.) (of a structure or machin…
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
安寝	ān qǐn	to sleep peacefully
废寝食	fèi qǐn shí	to neglect sleep and food
废寝忘餐	fèi qǐn wàng cān	see 廢寢忘食\|废寝忘食[fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2]
忘餐废寝	wàng cān fèi qǐn	see 廢寢忘食\|废寝忘食[fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2]
枕戈寝甲	zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ	lit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom); fig. to keep ready for batt…
寝室	qǐn shì	bedroom; dormitory; CL:間\|间[jian1]
就寝	jiù qǐn	to go to sleep; to go to bed (literary)
寝具	qǐn jù	bedding
陵寝	líng qǐn	tomb (of king or emperor)
寝苫枕块	qǐn shān zhěn kuài	bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom); the correct etiquette for a filial son during the…