寢 (cam2 | qin3) : sleep; bedroom

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寢

cam2

qin3

[1] [v] sleep; rest
[2] [n] bedroom
[3] [n] coffin chamber
[4] [v] stop; end

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: 宀 (#40)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

寢 / 寝

This word has been viewed 4276 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Mar 2011 05:20

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寢室 cam2 sat1 qin3 shi4 = dormitory; bedroom

廢寢忘餐 fai3 cam2 mong4 caan1 = plagued with anxiety (lit., "losing sleep and forgetting to eat") 粵

廢寢忘食 fai3 cam2 mong4 sik6 fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2 = plagued with anxiety (lit., "losing sleep and forgetting to eat") ([港]: 廢寢忘餐)

寢食難安 cam2 sik6 naan4 on1 qin3 shi2 nan2 an1 = synonym of 寢食不安

寢食不安 cam2 sik6 bat1 on1 qin3 shi2 bu4 an1 = be worried all the time

食不言,寢不語 sik6 bat1 jin4 cam2 bat1 jyu5 shi2 bu4 yan2 qin3 bu4 yu3 = Don’t talk while eating, don’t speak after lying down for sleep

壽終正寢 sau6 zung1 zing3 cam2 shou4 zhong1 zheng4 qin3 = die a natural death of old age in one's bed

就寢 zau6 cam2 jiu4 qin3 = go to bed

高枕安寢 gou1 zam2 on1 cam2 gao1 zhen3 an1 qin3 = to have a good sleep without pestering worries

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 寢
Unicode code for this character: U+5be2 (off-site link)

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