冬眠

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Chinese

winter sleep
simp. and trad.
(冬眠)

Pronunciation


Verb

冬眠

  1. (biology) to hibernate

Noun

冬眠

  1. (biology) hibernation

Adjective

冬眠

  1. dormant

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (冬眠):
  • Japanese: 冬眠(とうみん) (tōmin)
  • Korean: 동면(冬眠) (dongmyeon)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 2
みん
Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(とう)(みん) (tōmin

  1. hibernation

Verb

(とう)(みん)する (tōmin suruintransitive suru (stem (とう)(みん) (tōmin shi), past (とう)(みん)した (tōmin shita))

  1. to hibernate

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

冬眠 (dongmyeon) (hangeul 동면)

  1. hanja form? of 동면 (hibernation)