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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

see styles
mèi
    mei4
mei
to sleep soundly

寐る

see styles
 neru
    ねる
(out-dated kanji) (v1,vi) (1) to lie down; (2) to go to bed; to lie in bed; (3) to sleep (lying down); (4) to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); (5) to lie idle

寐坊

see styles
 nebou / nebo
    ねぼう
(out-dated kanji) (noun/participle) (1) sleeping in late; oversleeping; (2) late riser; sleepyhead

寐竜

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 meiron / meron
    メイロン
(kana only) mei long (dinosaur discovered in China)

寐語

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 bigo
    びご
(See 寝言・ねごと) sleep-talking; nonsense

寐龍


寐龙

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mèi lóng
    mei4 long2
mei lung
Mei, dinosaur genus; Mei long, dinosaur species

假寐

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jiǎ mèi
    jia3 mei4
chia mei
to doze; to take a nap; nodding off to sleep

夢寐


梦寐

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mèng mèi
    meng4 mei4
meng mei
 mubi
    むび
to dream; to sleep
(noun/participle) asleep; dreaming

寤寐

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wù mèi
    wu4 mei4
wu mei
 gobi; gomi
    ごび; ごみ
(literary) awake or asleep; (fig.) all the time; constantly
(obsolete) being asleep and awake

昼寐

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 hirune
    ひるね
(out-dated kanji) (noun/participle) nap (afternoon); siesta

眠寐

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mián mèi
    mian2 mei4
mien mei
 minbi
to sleep

臥寐

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wò mèi
    wo4 mei4
wo mei
 gabi
to lie and sleep

魘寐


魇寐

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yǎn mèi
    yan3 mei4
yen mei
to have a nightmare

野寐尼

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yě mèi ní
    ye3 mei4 ni2
yeh mei ni
 Yamini
Yamani, Java.

夙興夜寐


夙兴夜寐

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sù xīng yè mèi
    su4 xing1 ye4 mei4
su hsing yeh mei
to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard; to study diligently; to burn the candle at both ends

夢寐以求


梦寐以求

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mèng mèi yǐ qiú
    meng4 mei4 yi3 qiu2
meng mei i ch`iu
    meng mei i chiu
lit. to yearn for something even in one's dreams (idiom); fig. to deeply long for; to covet

寤寐一如

see styles
wù mèi yī rú
    wu4 mei4 yi1 ru2
wu mei i ju
 gobi ichinyo
continuous awareness whether awake or asleep

寤寐以求

see styles
wù mèi yǐ qiú
    wu4 mei4 yi3 qiu2
wu mei i ch`iu
    wu mei i chiu
to crave day and night; to strongly desire

Variations:
寝る
寐る(oK)

 neru
    ねる
(v1,vi) (1) (See 眠る・1) to sleep (lying down); (v1,vi) (2) to go to bed; to lie in bed; (v1,vi) (3) to lie down; (v1,vi) (4) to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); (v1,vi) (5) to lie flat (e.g. of hair); (v1,vi) (6) to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.); (v1,vi) (7) to ferment (of soy sauce, miso, etc.)

Variations:
寝る
寐る(rK)

 neru
    ねる
(v1,vi) (1) (See 眠る・1) to sleep (lying down); (v1,vi) (2) to go to bed; to lie in bed; (v1,vi) (3) to lie down; (v1,vi) (4) to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); (v1,vi) (5) to lie flat (e.g. of hair); (v1,vi) (6) to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.); (v1,vi) (7) to ferment (of soy sauce, miso, etc.)

Variations:
寝坊
寐坊(oK)

 nebou / nebo
    ねぼう
(n,vs,adj-na,adj-no) (1) sleeping in late; oversleeping; (2) late riser; sleepyhead

Variations:
寝坊
寐坊(sK)

 nebou / nebo
    ねぼう
(n,vs,vi,adj-na,adj-no) (1) sleeping in late; oversleeping; (2) late riser; sleepyhead

Variations:
昼寝
昼寐(oK)

 hirune
    ひるね
(n,vs,vi) (afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta

Variations:
昼寝
昼寐(sK)

 hirune
    ひるね
(n,vs,vi) (afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 24 results for "寐" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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