"sleep-walking" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
撒呓挣 撒囈掙 sā yì zhēng somniloquy / to talk or act in one's sleep / sleep-walking
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
jiào a nap / a sleep / CL:場|场[chang2] syn
睡觉 睡覺 shuì jiào to go to bed / to sleep syn
拐杖 guǎi zhàng crutches / crutch / walking stick syn
后脚 後腳 hòu jiǎo (one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking)
废寝忘食 廢寢忘食 fèi qǐn wàng shí to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom) / to skip one's sleep and meals / to be completely wrapped up in one's work syn
如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice syn
安枕 ān zhěn to sleep soundly / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries
鬼压床 鬼壓床 guǐ yā chuáng (coll.) sleep paralysis
xiāng fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根[gen1] syn
活字典 huó zì diǎn walking dictionary / well-informed person
plank bed / place to sleep / shop / store / (old) relay station syn
xiē to rest / to take a break / to stop / to halt / (dialect) to sleep / a moment / a short while syn
走在 zǒu zài walking (on sth)
睡眠 shuì mián sleep / to sleep / (computing) to enter sleep mode syn
惊醒 驚醒 jīng xǐng to rouse / to be woken by sth / to wake with a start / to sleep lightly
安稳 安穩 ān wěn steady / stable / sedate / calm / (of sleep) sound / (of a transition) smooth syn
香甜 xiāng tián fragrant and sweet / sound (sleep) syn
驻足 駐足 zhù zú to stop (walking) / to halt syn
昏睡 hūn shuì to sleep heavily (due to illness, fatigue etc)
歇息 xiē xi to have a rest / to stay for the night / to go to bed / to sleep syn
安眠 ān mián to sleep peacefully syn
安息 ān xī to rest / to go to sleep / to rest in peace syn
露宿 lù sù to sleep outdoors / to spend the night in the open syn
步道 bù dào walking path / pathway
睡眠不足 shuì mián bù zú lack of sleep / sleep deficit
呓语 囈語 yì yǔ to talk in one's sleep / crazy talk syn
前脚 前腳 qián jiǎo one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking)
独步 獨步 dú bù lit. walking alone / prominent / unrivalled / outstanding syn
磨牙 mó yá to grind one's teeth (during sleep) / pointless arguing / (coll.) molar syn
灯会 燈會 dēng huì carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance
睡懒觉 睡懶覺 shuì lǎn jiào to sleep in
就寝 就寢 jiù qǐn to go to sleep / to go to bed (literary) syn
行尸走肉 行屍走肉 xíng shī zǒu ròu walking corpse (idiom) / zombie / person who lives only on the material level syn
合眼 hé yǎn to close one's eyes / to get to sleep syn
酣睡 hān shuì to sleep soundly / to fall into a deep sleep syn
分房 fēn fáng to sleep in separate rooms / distribution of social housing
高枕无忧 高枕無憂 gāo zhěn wú yōu to sleep peacefully (idiom) / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries syn
乱搞 亂搞 luàn gǎo to make a mess / to mess with / to be wild / to sleep around / to jump into bed
梦呓 夢囈 mèng yì talking in one's sleep / delirious ravings / nonsense / sheer fantasy syn
梦话 夢話 mèng huà talking in one's sleep / words spoken during sleep / fig. speech bearing no relation to reality / delusions syn
竞走 競走 jìng zǒu walking race (athletics event)
梦寐 夢寐 mèng mèi to dream / to sleep syn
大步流星 dà bù liú xīng at a stride / taking large steps (while walking) syn
假寐 jiǎ mèi to doze / to take a nap / nodding off to sleep syn
走步 zǒu bù to walk / to step / pace / traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball)
眼屎 yǎn shǐ sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye) syn
步履维艰 步履維艱 bù lǚ wéi jiān to have difficulty walking (idiom) / to walk with difficulty syn
高跷 高蹺 gāo qiāo stilts / walking on stilts as component of folk dance
拐棍 guǎi gùn cane / walking stick syn
猛醒 měng xǐng to realize suddenly / to wake up to the truth / to suddenly awake from sleep syn
shuì to sleep / to lie down syn
shú ripe / mature / thoroughly cooked / done / familiar / acquainted / experienced / skilled / (of sleep etc) deep / profound / also pr. [shou2] syn
mián to sleep / to hibernate syn
zhàng a staff / a rod / cane / walking stick / to flog with a stick (old) syn
qǐn (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest / (bound form) bedroom / (bound form) imperial tomb / (literary) to stop / to cease syn
mèi to sleep soundly syn
to talk in one's sleep
to awake from sleep syn
xùn to sleep (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睡[shui4]
fèn to sleep (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睡[shui4]
chī (bound form) sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye) syn
qiāng (manner of walking)
一走了之 yī zǒu liǎo zhī to avoid a problem by walking away from it / to quit
我醉欲眠 wǒ zuì yù mián lit. I'm drunk and would like to sleep (idiom) / (used to indicate one's sincere and straightforward nature)
抵足而眠 dǐ zú ér mián lit. to live and sleep together (idiom) / fig. a close friendship
枕戈寝甲 枕戈寢甲 zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ lit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom) / fig. to keep ready for battle at all times
目不交睫 mù bù jiāo jié lit. the eyelashes do not come together (idiom) / fig. to not sleep a wink syn
绿草如茵 綠草如茵 lǜ cǎo rú yīn green grass like cushion (idiom) / green meadow so inviting to sleep on
食肉寝皮 食肉寢皮 shí ròu qǐn pí 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
和衣而卧 hé yī ér wò to lie down to sleep with one's clothes on
睡回笼觉 睡回籠覺 shuì huí lóng jiào to go back to sleep (instead of rising up in the morning) / to sleep in
做厅长 做廳長 zuò tīng zhǎng (jocular) to sleep on the couch / to sleep in the living room
舒眠 shū mián to sleep well / to get restful sleep / (medicine) to be anesthetized
睡饱 睡飽 shuì bǎo to get enough sleep / to have a good night's sleep
biāo walking to and fro
步犁 bù lí walking plow
辿 chān used in names, e.g. 龍王辿|龙王辿[Long2 wang2 Chan1] Longwang Chan, a place in Shaanxi Province / (literary) (of one's walking pace) slow
chì hasty walking
履险如夷 履險如夷 lǚ xiǎn rú yí lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom) / fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly syn
拽步 zhuài bù to take long strides / to hurry (while walking)
走索 zǒu suǒ tightrope walking
走绳 走繩 zǒu shéng tightrope walking
踥蹀 qiè dié walking / in motion
步行性肺炎 walking pneumonia
顺拐 順拐 shùn guǎi to swing the arm and leg on the same side of the body together while walking
李铁拐 李鐵拐 lǐ tiě guǎi Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
行板 xíng bǎn andante / at a walking pace
(manner of walking)
辅具 輔具 fǔ jù assistive device (walking frame, hearing aid etc)
款段 kuǎn duàn (literary) pony / (of a horse) walking leisurely
经行 經行 jīng xíng to perform walking meditation
学步车 學步車 xué bù chē baby walker / baby walking frame
森林浴 sēn lín yù forest bathing: spending time in a forest, walking or deep-breathing etc, as therapy (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 森林浴 "shinrin'yoku")
莲步 蓮步 lián bù (literary) light, airy steps (as if walking on lotuses) / elegant gait of a woman
bìng nightmare / start in sleep
鸡毛店 雞毛店 jī máo diàn a simple inn with only chicken feathers to sleep on
nervous start in sleep
乱搞男女关系 亂搞男女關係 luàn gǎo nán nǚ guān xì to be promiscuous / to sleep around
交睫 jiāo jié to close one's eyes (i.e. sleep)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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