眠
See also: 眼
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Translingual
Han character
眠 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月山口女心 (BURVP), four-corner 67047, composition ⿰目民)
Derived characters
- 𪦓, 𬧆, 𥋹, 𭿱, 𥉦, 𮐊, 𥌱
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 805, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23240
- Dae Jaweon: page 1221, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2483, character 3
- Unihan data for U+7720
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
眠 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 瞑 𥉦 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (民) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *miːn): semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 民 (OC *min) – close your eyes and go to sleep.
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): mêng
- Eastern Min (BUC): mìng / mièng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ming2 / meng2
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6mi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mián
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mián
- Wade–Giles: mien2
- Yale: myán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mian
- Palladius: мянь (mjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: min4
- Yale: mìhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: min4
- Guangdong Romanization: min4
- Sinological IPA (key): /miːn²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: men3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ᵐben²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn
- Hakka Romanization System: minˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: min2
- Sinological IPA: /min¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: min
- Sinological IPA: /min⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: min2
- Sinological IPA: /min¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mêng
- Sinological IPA (key): /meiŋ³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
Note:
- mìng - vernacular;
- mièng - literary.
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ming2
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: míng
- Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ming2
- Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: meng2
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: méng
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɛŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: meng2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɛŋ²⁴/
- (Putian)
Note:
- ming2 - vernacular;
- meng2 - literary.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn / biân
- Tâi-lô: bîn / biân
- Phofsit Daibuun: biin, bieen
- IPA (Xiamen): /bin²⁴/, /biɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴/, /biɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³/, /biɛn¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /bin²⁴/, /biɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³/, /biɛn²³/
- (Hokkien)
Note:
- bîn - vernacular;
- biân - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ming5 / mêng5 / mung5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mîng / mêng / mûng
- Sinological IPA (key): /miŋ⁵⁵/, /meŋ⁵⁵/, /muŋ⁵⁵/
Note:
- ming5 - literary (Chaozhou);
- mêng5 - literary (Jieyang);
- mung5 - vernacular.
- Middle Chinese: men
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤi[n]/
- (Zhengzhang): /*miːn/
Definitions
眠
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 睡覺 (“to sleep”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 躺 (“to lie; to recline”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 寢, 臥 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 躺, 臥, 躺臥 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 躺, 歪 |
| Taiwan | 躺 | |
| Singapore | 躺 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 躺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 睡, 躺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 躺, 睡 |
| Wuhan | 睡 | |
| Guilin | 躺 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 躺, 睡 |
| Hefei | 睡, 躺 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 瞓 |
| Hong Kong | 瞓 | |
| Taishan | 眠 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 眠 | |
| Yangjiang | 睡 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 瞓 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 睏 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 眠, 抗 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 睡 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 眠 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 睡 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 睡 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 睡 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 躺, 睡 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 倒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 倒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 倒 |
| Quanzhou | 倒 | |
| Zhangzhou | 倒 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 倒 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 倒 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 倒 | |
| Chaozhou | 倒 | |
| Shantou | 夗 | |
| Jieyang | 夗 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 睏 |
| Wenzhou | 翻, 倒 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 睏 |
| Shuangfeng | 睏 | |
Compounds
- 一夜無眠 / 一夜无眠
- 三眠
- 不眠不休 (bùmiánbùxiū)
- 人工冬眠
- 休眠 (xiūmián)
- 休眠期
- 休眠火山 (xiūmián huǒshān)
- 停眠整宿
- 催眠 (cuīmián)
- 催眠劑 / 催眠剂 (cuīmiánjì)
- 催眠曲 (cuīmiánqǔ)
- 催眠術 / 催眠术 (cuīmiánshù)
- 冬眠 (dōngmián)
- 初眠
- 夏眠 (xiàmián)
- 失眠 (shīmián)
- 孤眠
- 孤眠獨宿 / 孤眠独宿
- 安眠 (ānmián)
- 安眠藥 / 安眠药 (ānmiányào)
- 成眠 (chéngmián)
- 我醉欲眠
- 抱虎而眠
- 抵足而眠
- 永眠 (yǒngmián)
- 沉眠 (chénmián)
- 牛眠地
- 眠川
- 眠床 (miánchuáng)
- 眠思夢想 / 眠思梦想
- 眠琴綠陰 / 眠琴绿阴
- 眩眠
- 眠花宿柳
- 眠花臥柳 / 眠花卧柳
- 眠花醉柳
- 眠輿 / 眠舆
- 眠雲 / 眠云
- 眠霜臥雪 / 眠霜卧雪
- 眠鷗宿鷺 / 眠鸥宿鹭
- 睏眠 / 困眠
- 睡眠 (shuìmián)
- 睡眠療法 / 睡眠疗法
- 立盹行眠
- 臥月眠霜 / 卧月眠霜
- 臥雪眠霜 / 卧雪眠霜
- 蠶眠 / 蚕眠 (cánmián)
- 行眠立盹
- 貓鼠同眠 / 猫鼠同眠
- 長眠 / 长眠 (chángmián)
- 陷眠 (hām-bîn) (Min Nan)
- 高枕而眠
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: miǎn
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: miǎn
- Wade–Giles: mien3
- Yale: myǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mean
- Palladius: мянь (mjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
眠
- only used in 眠娗
References
- “眠”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
眠
Readings
- Go-on: めん (men)
- Kan-on: べん (ben)
- Kan’yō-on: みん (min, Jōyō)
- Kun: ねむい (nemui, 眠い, Jōyō)、ねむたい (nemutai, 眠たい)、ねむる (nemuru, 眠る, Jōyō)、ねむり (nemuri, 眠)
Derived terms
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 眠 |
| みん Grade: S |
| kan'yōon |
Pronunciation
Noun
眠 • (min)
Synonyms
- (of a silkworm): 休み (yasumi)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 眠 |
| ねむ(り) Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 眠 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 眠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
References
Korean
Hanja
眠 (eumhun 잠잘 면 (jamjal myeon))
Vietnamese
Han character
眠: Hán Nôm readings: miên
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