Chinese Notes

眠 mián

mián verb to sleep
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Barnes 2007, p. 58; CC-CEDICT '眠'; Guoyu '眠' v 1; Kroll 2015 '眠' 1, p. 305; Unihan '眠')
mián verb to hibernate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '眠'; Guoyu '眠' v 2; Kroll 2015 '眠' 1b, p. 305; Unihan '眠')
mián verb to act as if dead
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '眠' v 3; Kroll 2015 '眠' 2, p. 305)
mián adjective latent; concealed
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '眠' adj 1)
mián adjective laid down
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '眠' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '眠' 3, p. 305)
mián verb to close the eyes
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '眠' 1a, p. 305; Unihan '眠')

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安眠药(安眠藥) sleeping pill
催眠剂(催眠劑) sleeping medication
补眠(補眠) to catch up on sleep
失眠 to not be able to sleep
休眠 to be dormant (biology); inactive (volcano); to hibernate (computing)
休眠火山 dormant volcano
我醉欲眠 I'm drunk and would like to sleep; (used to indicate one's sincere and straightforward nature)
冬眠 hibernation
利眠宁(利眠寧) chlordiazepoxide; (trade name) Librium
睡眠呼吸暂停(睡眠呼吸暫停) central sleep apnea (CSA)
彻夜不眠(徹夜不眠) to be sleepless all night
睡眠不足 lack of sleep; sleep deficit
永眠 eternal rest (i.e. death)
夜不成眠 to be unable to sleep at night
蚕眠(蠶眠) a silkworm's period of inactivity prior to molting
催眠术(催眠術) hypnotism; hypnotherapy; mesmerism
入眠 to fall asleep
催眠曲 lullaby
催眠药(催眠藥) soporific drug
夜眠 sleep during the night
不眠不休 without stopping to sleep or have a rest
睡眠 sleeping
催眠 hypnosis
沈眠 to be deep asleep
睡眠失调(睡眠失調) sleep disorder
自我催眠 self-hypnotism
酣眠 to sleep soundly; fast asleep
长眠(長眠) eternal sleep; death
沉眠 to be deep asleep ; to doze
睡眠虫(睡眠蟲) trypanosome
安眠酮 methaqualone; hyminal
催眠状态(催眠狀態) hypnosis
抵足而眠 to live and sleep together; a close friendship
蛰眠(蟄眠) to hibernate
睡眠者 sleeper

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卷四 Scroll 4 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
卷下：五之煮、六之飲、七之事、八之出、九之略、十之圖 Final Scroll: 5. Boiling, 6. Drinking, 7. History, 8. Growing Regions, 9. Simplify, 10. Pictorialize The Classic of Tea 茶經 — count: 4
卷之四　詩五言 Scroll 4: Five Character Form Poetry Tao Yuanming Collected Poems 陶淵明集 — count: 3
第四十七回 Chapter 47 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
卷21上獻文六王上 Volume 21a: Emperor Xianwen's Six Princes 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 3
卷第三周穆王篇 Chapter 3: King Mu of Zhou Liezi 列子 — count: 3
卷十九　　列傳第七:　文成五王獻文六王孝文六王 Volume 19 Biographies 7: Wen Cheng's Five Sons, Xianwen's Six Sons, Xiaowen's Six Sons History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 3
Spring Dawn Selections of Tang Poetry — count: 3
第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
第十回 Chapter 10 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3

Collocations

眠床 (眠床) 所眠床忽有數升血 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷七十一列傳第三十一徐湛江湛王僧綽 Volume 71 Biographies 31: Xu Zhan, Jiang Zhan, Wang Sengchao — count: 8
眠食 (眠食) 若大損眠食 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六十七列傳第三十七溫嶠郗鑒 Volume 67 Biographies 37: Wen Jiao; Xi Jian — count: 6
醉眠 (醉眠) 見籍方據案醉眠 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷四十九列傳第十九阮籍嵇康向秀劉伶謝鯤胡毋輔之畢卓王尼羊曼光逸 Volume 49 Biographies 19: Ruan Ji; Ji Kang; Xiang Xiu; Liu Ling; Xie Kun; Huwu Fuzhi; Bi Zhuo; Wang Ni; Yang Man; Guang Yi — count: 6
眠中 (眠中) 眠中夢人告之曰 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷七十九列傳第三十九文五王 Volume 79 Biographies 39: Wen Wuwang — count: 5
眠山 (眠山) 前崗見一牛眠山汙中 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十八列傳第二十八周處周訪 Volume 58 Biographies 28: Zhou Chu; Zhou Fang — count: 4
昼眠 (晝眠) 晝眠夜起如平常 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷七本紀第七東昏侯 Volume 7 Annals 7: Marquess of Donghun — count: 4
不能眠 (不能眠) 耿耿伏枕不能眠 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷二十一志第十一樂三 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Music 3 — count: 4
仟眠 (仟眠) 逺望兮仟眠 — Songs of Chu 楚辭, 卷第十五九懷 Chapter 15: Nine Regrets — count: 4
龙眠 (龍眠) 肆意于龍眠山岩壑間 — History of Song 宋史, 卷四百四十四列傳第二百〇三文苑六黃庭堅晁補之從弟:詠之秦觀張耒陳師道李廌劉恕王無咎蔡肇李格非呂南公郭祥正米芾劉詵倪濤李公麟周邦彥朱長文劉弇 Volume 444 Biographies 203: Literature 6 - Huang Tingjian, Chao Buzhicongdi:yongzhi, Qin Guan, Zhang Lei, Chen Shidao, Li Zhi, Liu Shu, Wang Wujiu, Cai Zhao, Li Gefei, Lu Nangong, Guo Xiangzheng, Mi Fei, Liu Shen, Ni Tao, Li Gonglin, Zhou Bangyan, Zhu Zhangwen, Liu Yan — count: 4
芊眠 (芊眠) 遠望兮芊眠 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷四 Scroll 4 — count: 3