shuì mián 
		sleep
to sleep
(computing) to enter sleep mode
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			cháng mián 
		eternal rest (i.e. death)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shuì mián bù zú 
		lack of sleep
sleep deficit
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yǒng mián 
		eternal rest (i.e. death)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cuī mián shù 
		hypnotism
hypnotherapy
mesmerism
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chè yè bù mián 
		to be sleepless all night
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wǒ zuì yù mián 
		lit. I'm drunk and would like to sleep (idiom)
(used to indicate one's sincere and straightforward nature)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cán mián 
		hibernation period of silkworms
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dǐ zú ér mián 
		lit. to live and sleep together (idiom); fig. a close friendship
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			cán mián zì 
		handwriting that resembles a hibernating silkworm
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shuì mián hū xī zàn tíng 
		central sleep apnea (CSA)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yè bù chéng mián 
		to be unable to sleep at night
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lì mián níng 
		chlordiazepoxide
(trade name) Librium (loanword)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xiū mián 
		to be dormant (biology)
inactive (volcano)
to hibernate (computing)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bù mián bù xiū 
		without stopping to sleep or have a rest (idiom)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			hān mián 
		to sleep soundly
fast asleep