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Hanzi

寢 / 寝

Traditional
寢
Simplified
寝

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

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 8

Pinyin

qǐn

Bopomofo

ㄑㄧㄣˇ

Jyutping

cam2

Example sentences

寢室 / 寝室 qǐnshì
我們大學的寢室雖然很小，但是非常乾淨。
我们大学的寝室虽然很小，但是非常干净。

Although our university dormitory room is small, it is very clean.

廢寢忘食 / 废寝忘食 fèiqǐnwàngshí
他廢寢忘食地學習。
他废寝忘食地学习。

He studies so hard that he forgets to eat and sleep.

狂熱 / 狂热 kuángrè
他對搖滾樂的狂熱到了廢寢忘食的地步。
他对摇滚乐的狂热到了废寝忘食的地步。

His fanaticism for rock music has reached the point of forgetting to eat and sleep.

Example Vocabulary

寢室

qin3'shi4

dormitory room; bedroom

寢食難安

qin3'shi2'nan2'an1

就寢

jiu4'qin3

廢寢忘食

fei4'qin3'wang4'shi2

to neglect sleep and forget to eat

壽終正寢

shou4'zhong1'zheng4'qin3

寢

qin3

陵寢

ling2'qin3

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