Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

sleep

Chinese: 睡眠。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “mian” becomes a different word in each tone. 眠 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 睡眠shuì miánsleep; to sleep; (computing) to enter sleep mode
  • 失眠shī miánto suffer from insomnia
  • 催眠cuī miánhypnosis
  • 安眠药ān mián yàosleeping pill
  • 休眠xiū mián(biology) dormant; (of a volcano) dormant; (computing) to hibernate

Example Sentence

充足的睡眠对健康十分重要。Chōng zú de shuì mián duì jiàn kāng shí fēn zhòng yào.Adequate sleep is very important for health.

充足Chōng zúadequatedeof睡眠shuì miánsleepduìtoward健康jiàn kānghealth十分shí fēnvery重要zhòng yàoimportant