Chinese symbol for “dormant”
休眠
xiū mián
(biology) dormant; (of a volcano) dormant; (computing) to hibernate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dormant is 休眠 (xiū mián), defined as: (biology) dormant; (of a volcano) dormant; (computing) to hibernate.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 休眠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 休息 | xiū xi | rest; to rest |
| 退休 | tuì xiū | to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement |
| 休闲 (休閒) | xiū xián | leisure; relaxation |
| 休假 | xiū jià | to go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave |
| 退休金 | tuì xiū jīn | retirement pension; pension payments received after retirement |
| 不休 | bù xiū | endlessly; ceaselessly |
| 睡眠 | shuì mián | sleep; to sleep |
| 催眠 | cuī mián | to lull to sleep; to hypnotize |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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