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qǐn

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qǐn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qǐn | qin3
English translation
to sleep, to rest; bedroom

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About qǐn

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

qǐn

Contains the radical

gài

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

A person 彐冖又 lying down on a bed  qiáng in their home  gài

Etymology of qǐn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

gài qiáng 彐冖又

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Words with qǐn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
寝室 qǐn shì bedroom寢室
qǐn to lie down
就寝 jiù qǐn to go to sleep就寢
寝食难安 qǐn shí nán ān lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)寢食難安
废寝忘食 fèiqǐnwàngshí to skip one's sleep and meals廢寢忘食
寿终正寝 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age壽終正寢
陵寝 líng qǐn tomb (of king or emperor)陵寢
寝具 qǐn jù bedding寢具
废寝忘餐 fèi qǐn wàng cān to skip one's sleep and meals廢寢忘餐
食肉寝皮 shí ròu qǐn pí implacable hatred食肉寢皮
忘餐废寝 wàng cān fèi qǐn to skip one's sleep and meals忘餐廢寢

qǐn Decomposition & Compounds

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