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Usage of the character 寝

qǐn
[寑]
  • old variant of 寢/寝 (qǐn)
qǐn
[寢]
  • (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest
  • (bound form) bedroom
  • (bound form) imperial tomb
  • (literary) to stop; to cease
jiùqǐn
就寝
[就寢]
  • to go to sleep
  • to go to bed (literary)
língqǐn
陵寝
[陵寢]
  • tomb (of king or emperor)
qǐnshì
寝室
[寢室]
  • bedroom
  • dormitory
  • CL:間/间 (jiān)
qǐnjù
寝具
[寢具]
  • bedding
ānqǐn
安寝
[安寢]
  • to sleep peacefully
fèiqǐnshí
废寝食
[廢寢食]
  • to neglect sleep and food
wàngcānfèiqǐn
忘餐废寝
[忘餐廢寢]
  • see 廢寢忘食/废寝忘食 (fèiqǐnwàngshí)
fèiqǐnwàngcān
废寝忘餐
[廢寢忘餐]
  • see 廢寢忘食/废寝忘食 (fèiqǐnwàngshí)
shíròuqǐnpí
食肉寝皮
[食肉寢皮]
  • to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb
  • implacable hatred
  • to have sb's guts for garters
Zǎi Yǔzhòuqǐn
宰予昼寝
[宰予晝寢]
  • Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures
qǐnshínán'ān
寝食难安
[寢食難安]
  • lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)
  • fig. extremely worried and troubled
shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn
寿终正寝
[壽終正寢]
  • to die of old age
  • to die in one's bed at a ripe old age
  • (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life
jiùqǐnshíjiān
就寝时间
[就寢時間]
  • bedtime
fèiqǐn-wàngshí
废寝忘食
[廢寢忘食]
  • (idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
qǐnshānzhěnkuài
寝苫枕块
[寢苫枕塊]
  • bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom)
  • the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period
zhěngēqǐnjiǎ
枕戈寝甲
[枕戈寢甲]
  • lit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)
  • fig. to keep ready for battle at all times