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寐

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寐

  • mèi (mei⁴) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄇㄟˋ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • mei⁶ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • bī Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • mī Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • muê⁶ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • mèi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄇㄟˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • mèi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • mei⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • mèi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • mey Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • мэй Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /meɪ̯⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • mei⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • meih Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • méi⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /mei̯²²/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • bī Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • bi Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • /bi³³/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • /bi⁴¹/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • /bi²²/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
  • mī Min Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou
  • mi Min Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou
  • /mĩ²²/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Zhangzhou

Where it comes from

形聲漢字（上古 *mids）：意符 㝱 (“夢”) 的省略 + 聲符 未 (上古 *mɯds) 。

原始形式可能是會意漢字：宀 (“房子”) + 爿 (“床”) + 人 (“人”) – 睡在房間床上的人。對照夢的古字形。

繼承自原始漢藏語 *r/s-mwəj (“睡覺；作夢”) (STEDT)。與藏語 རྨི་བ (rmi ba，“作夢”)、藏語 རྨི་ལམ (rmi lam，“夢”)、緬甸語 မွေ့ (mwe.，“享受睡眠”)同源。

釋義 𥧌 · 𥧴

  1. literary 睡覺 吾聞之，喜而不寐。

    Opposite: 寤

  2. archaic, euphemistic 死亡
  3. 姓氏

Similar: 臥, 寢, 眠, 睡, 就寢, 寢息, 睡覺, 睡眠, 歇覺, 睏覺, 歇, 呼啷, 睡瞌睡, 睏瞌睡, 上蘇州, 睏, 瞓覺, 瞓, 見周公, 搵周公, 覺覺豬, 瞓記, 瞓覺覺, 豬豬, 睡目, 瞇覺, 瞇, 曬鋪, 閉眼, 睡眼

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釋義

Similar: 臥, 寢, 眠, 睡, 就寢, 寢息, 睡覺, 睡眠, 歇覺, 睏覺, 歇, 呼啷, 睡瞌睡, 睏瞌睡, 上蘇州, 睏, 瞓覺, 瞓, 見周公, 搵周公, 覺覺豬, 瞓記, 瞓覺覺, 豬豬, 睡目, 瞇覺, 瞇, 曬鋪, 閉眼, 睡眼

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {寐},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%AF%90},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}