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HSK
to go to bed / to sleep
HSK 1
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  *香* | 香* | *香
fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:
HSK 3
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  *睡* | 睡* | *睡
to sleep / to lie down
HSK 1
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  *熟* | 熟* | *熟
ripe; mature / thoroughly cooked; done / familiar; acquainted / experienced; skilled / (of sleep etc) deep; profound / also pr. [shou2]
HSK 2
to rouse / to be woken by sth / to wake with a start / to sleep lightly
HSK 7-9
sleep / to sleep / (computing) to enter sleep mode
HSK 5
sleep; slumber
with one's clothes on (when sleeping)
to lack sleep; to be sleep-deprived
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  *歇* | 歇* | *歇
to rest / to take a break / to stop / to halt / (dialect) to sleep / a moment / a short while
HSK 5
to have difficulties sleeping in a bed other than one's own
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  *觉* | 觉* | *觉
a nap / a sleep / CL: 場|场
HSK 6
lit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom) / fig. to keep ready for battle at all times
sleeping sickness / African trypanosomiasis
lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom) / fig. to rough it
HSK 7-9
sleeping pill / CL:
HSK 7-9
summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo) / CL: 張|张, 領|领
bedroom / a sleeping compartment (on a train)
lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐|勾践, in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom) / fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
sleeping bag
HSK 7-9
to sleep peacefully
to sleep soundly / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries
Sleeping Beauty
to sleep peacefully
(idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
HSK 7-9
to dream / to sleep
to sleep in separate rooms / distribution of social housing
(railroad) sleeping car
to make a mess / to mess with / to be wild / to sleep around / to jump into bed
without stopping to sleep or have a rest (idiom)
sleeping dragon / (fig.) a person of outstanding talent who lives in obscurity
to promote sleep
(jocular) to sleep on the couch; to sleep in the living room
unrestrained / cheerful lack of inhibition, esp. for drinking or sleeping / to drink with abandon
HSK 7-9
to sleep naked
fragrant and sweet / sound (sleep)
to sleep heavily (due to illness, fatigue etc)
steady; stable; sedate; calm; (of sleep) sound; (of a transition) smooth
HSK 7-9
to sleep in
to sleep well; to get restful sleep / (medicine) to be anesthetized
to wake up from a sleep
beauty sleep (before midnight)
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  *铺* | 铺* | *铺
plank bed / place to sleep / shop / store / (old) relay station
to hold a baby or child while they sleep / to spoon with one's partner
(dialect) to sleep
night demon (malign spirit believed to plague people during sleep)
to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard / to study diligently / to burn the candle at both ends
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  *寤* | 寤* | *寤
to awake from sleep
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  *瞓* | 瞓* | *瞓
to sleep (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent:
to sleep soundly; to be fast asleep
to lie down to sleep with one's clothes on
green grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on
to doze / to take a nap / nodding off to sleep
lit. the boot hits the floor (idiom) / fig. a much-anticipated, impactful development has finally occurred (an allusion to a joke from the 1950s in which a young man would take off a boot and throw it onto the floor, waking the old man sleeping downstairs who could then not get back to sleep until he had heard the second boot hit the floor)
sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye)
lit. I'm drunk and would like to sleep (idiom) / (used to indicate one's sincere and straightforward nature)
to fall asleep; to get to sleep
to be unable to sleep at night
(dialect) sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye)
to neglect sleep and food
sweet dream / sleeping soundly
lit. to live and sleep together (idiom); fig. a close friendship
to have a rest / to stay for the night / to go to bed / to sleep
sleep / the land of Nod / dreamland
to sleep peacefully (idiom) / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries
to rest; to go to sleep / to rest in peace
to go to sleep / to go to bed (literary)
sleeping cabin on a boat or train
to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep / (fig.) the ordinary daily routine
to sleep on the ground
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  *衽* | 衽* | *衽
(literary) overlapping part of Chinese gown / lapel / sleeping mat
(coll.) to talk in one's sleep; to sleepwalk
to be promiscuous / to sleep around
night terror / sleep terror
lit. to live and sleep together (idiom); fig. a close friendship
to catch up on sleep
a simple inn with only chicken feathers to sleep on
to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb / implacable hatred / to have sb's guts for garters
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  *寐* | 寐* | *寐
to sleep soundly
sleep disorder
to realize suddenly / to wake up to the truth / to suddenly awake from sleep
to sleep soundly
rectangular frame with a palm fiber mat woven across it (placed on a bed frame as the sleeping surface)
sleeping sickness / African trypanosomiasis / see also 非洲錐蟲病|非洲锥虫病
mythological insect that makes people doze off / (fig.) drowsiness / (coll.) person who loves sleeping / sleepaholic
to make up for lost sleep
sleeping posture
sleep apnea
to have a stiff neck after sleeping / (of the head) to touch the pillow
sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye)
sleeping posture
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  *寝* | 寝* | *寝
(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest / (bound form) bedroom / (bound form) imperial tomb / (literary) to stop; to cease
talking in one's sleep / words spoken during sleep / fig. speech bearing no relation to reality / delusions
(lit.) to lie stiff like a corpse / (coll.) to sleep
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  *眵* | 眵* | *眵
(bound form) sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye)
talking in one's sleep / delirious ravings / nonsense / sheer fantasy
lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
to go back to sleep (instead of rising up in the morning) / to sleep in
in one's sleep
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  *眠* | 眠* | *眠
to sleep / to hibernate

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