寢

qǐn

sleep, rest; bed chamber

How to write 寢, stroke by stroke

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

Ideographic: A person 彐冖又 lying down on a bed 爿 in their home 宀

Made of 宀 + 爿 + 彐 + 冖 + 又

寢室qǐn shìbedroom; dormitory
就寢jiù qǐnto go to sleep; to go to bed (literary)
安寢ān qǐnto sleep peacefully
寢具qǐn jùbedding
廢寢食fèi qǐn shíto neglect sleep and food
陵寢líng qǐntomb (of king or emperor)
壽終正寢shòu zhōng zhèng qǐnto die of old age; to die in one's bed at a ripe old age; (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life
寢食難安qǐn shí nán ānlit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom); fig. extremely worried and troubled
廢寢忘食fèi qǐn wàng shí(idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
枕戈寢甲zhěn gē qǐn jiǎlit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom); fig. to keep ready for battle at all times
食肉寢皮shí ròu qǐn píto eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb; implacable hatred; to have sb's guts for garters
寢苫枕塊qǐn shān zhěn kuàibed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom); the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period

我晚上很晚就寢。
wǒ wǎn shàng hěn wǎn jiù qǐn 。
I go to bed late at night.
差不多是就寢的時間了。
chà bù duō shì jiù qǐn de shí jiàn le 。
It's almost time to go to bed.
差不多是我們就寢的時間了。
chà bù duō shì wǒ mén jiù qǐn de shí jiàn le 。
It's about time we went to bed.
長久以來我都很早就寢。
cháng jiǔ yǐ lái wǒ dōu hěn zǎo jiù qǐn 。
For a long time, I've had a habit of going to bed early.