DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

寢

简寝 · 繁寢

Mandarin · pinyin qǐn

(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest
(bound form) bedroom
(bound form) imperial tomb
(literary) to stop; to cease

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

寢: Look up this written character
寝: qǐn · sleep, rest; bed chamber

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3 · qin3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

1character link5same-tone records

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

寢 · find source passages ↗ · 寝 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 7 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cam2

Cantonese word readings for 寢. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character · Etymology 1

to sleep
(literary) to lie down
bedroom
(literary) to stop; to halt
(historical) imperial tomb; ancestral chamber

character · Etymology 2

(Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to approach; to draw near; to imminently occur
(Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) just; just now; a moment ago

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack