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 zúadequate的deof睡眠shuì miánsleep对duìtoward健康jiàn kānghealth十分shí fēnvery重要zhòng yàoimportant。