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寝
寢
qǐn
v./n. to lie down to sleep; bedroom; coffin chamber
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CHARACTER COMPOSITION
RADICAL
宀 roof
SIMILAR CHARACTERS
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Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
寝室
寢室
qǐn shì
n. bedroom; dormitory
就寝
就寢
jiù qǐn
v. (lit) to go to bed
废寝忘食
廢寢忘食
fèi qǐn wàng shí
idiom. forget to eat or sleep (to be completely focused on the work)
寝庙
寢廟
qǐn miào
n. (lit.) ancestral temple; (generic term) residence, house
寝食不安
寢食不安
qǐn shí bù ān
idiom. feel uneasy even when eating and sleeping, cannot rest in peace
寿终正寝
壽終正寢
shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn
idiom. to die a natural death, to die in one's bed; (of things) come to an end