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Meaning of 眠

Pinyin mián

Radical

目

Strokes

Definition

sleep

Usage

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眠 mián (verb) 1. Sleep; to sleep. (En.) sleep. Examples: 安眠 (to sleep peacefully), 长眠 (to sleep long), 失眠 (insomnia). 2. Certain animals enter a state during which they do not eat or move, resembling sleep. (En.) dormancy. Examples: 初眠 (initial dormancy), 冬眠 (hibernation). 3. To lie down (horizontally). (En.) lie. Example: 一日三眠三起 (to lie down and get up three times a day). 4. To lie flat; to place horizontally. (En.) lie. Example: 眠琴绿阴 (a horizontal harp in the green shade). 5. Grass and trees lie down (collapse). (En.) fall. Example: 眠芊 (similar to 芊眠; describing dense and deep vegetation). 6. A physiological state in certain animals characterized by a prolonged period of not eating or moving. (En.) dormancy. Example: 蚕眠 (dormant silkworm); 冬眠 (hibernation in response to adverse conditions); 眠蚕 (silkworm in a dormant state during molting). 7. Toxic response after medication. (En.) anesthesia. Example: 眠眩 (dizziness caused by medication), 眠药 (anesthetic). 本义: 闭上眼睛 (Original meaning: close one's eyes) 造字法: 形声。从目，民声 (Decomposition of the character: phonetic and semantic components - from 'eye' and 'sound of people'.) 引文: 1. 《玉篇》: 眠，寐也 (In "Yupian": To sleep, also means to sleep). 2. 《后汉书·第五伦传》: 吾子有疾，虽不能省视，而竟夕不眠 (In "Book of the Later Han": My son is ill, and although I cannot see him, he does not sleep all night). 3. 《楚辞·招魂》: 致命于帝，然后得眠些 (In "Chuci": Offer prayer to the Emperor, then one will find some sleep). 4. 《山海经·东山经》: 余峨之山有兽焉，见人则眠 (In "Shanhaijing": There is a beast in the mountain of E, which falls asleep upon seeing humans). 5. 《聊斋志异·狼》: 久之，目似瞑，意暇甚 (In "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio": After a long time, the eyes closed, and the mind was at ease).

失眠 shī mián

to suffer from insomnia

彻夜不眠 chè yè bù mián

to be sleepless all night

彻夜未眠 chè yè wèi mián

have not slept all night

冬眠 dōng mián

hibernation

未眠 wèi mián

Sleepless

催眠 cuī mián

hypnosis

催眠术 cuī mián shù

hypnotism / hypnotherapy / mesmerism

催眠药 cuī mián yào

soporific drug

休眠 xiū mián

to be dormant (biology) / inactive (volcano) / to hibernate (computing)

睡眠 shuì mián

sleep / to sleep / (computing) to enter sleep mode

安眠药 ān mián yào

sleeping pill / CL:粒[li4]

长眠 cháng mián

eternal rest (i.e. death)

安眠 ān mián

to sleep peacefully

失眠症 shī mián zhèng

insomnia / vigilance / anhypnosis / anhypnia / hyposomnia

不眠之夜 bù mián zhī yè

sleepless night / white night / wakeful night

亚眠 yà mián

amiens

入眠 rù mián

to fall asleep

休眠期 xiū mián qī

period of dormancy / quiescent stage

休眠火山 xiū mián huǒ shān

dormant volcano

休眠状态 xiū mián zhuàng tài

dormant state

催眠曲 cuī mián qǔ

lullaby

辗转难眠 zhǎn zhuǎn nán mián

sleepless night / toss and turn

酣眠 hān mián

to sleep soundly / fast asleep