寢息

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Chinese

lie down
rest; news; interest
rest; news; interest; breath
 
trad. (寢息)
simp. (寝息)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (14) (16)
Final () (139) (134)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tshimX sik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰiɪmX/ /sɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰimX/ /sɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰjemX/ /siek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰimX/ /sik̚/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰiəmX/ /siək̚/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰĭĕmX/ /sĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰi̯əmX/ /si̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qǐn xi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cam2 sik1

Verb

寢息

  1. (literary) to stop; to cease; to set aside
  2. (literary) to sleep

Synonyms