Chinese symbol for “hibernate”
冬眠
dōng mián
to hibernate; hibernation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hibernate is 冬眠 (dōng mián), defined as: to hibernate; hibernation.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “hibernate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蛰 (蟄) | zhé | to hibernate |
| 眠 | mián | to sleep; to hibernate |
| 蛰眠 (蟄眠) | zhé mián | to hibernate |
| 蛰藏 (蟄藏) | zhé cáng | to hibernate; to hide away |
| 休眠 | xiū mián | (biology) dormant; (of a volcano) dormant |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冬眠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冬天 | dōng tiān | winter |
| 冬季 | dōng jì | winter |
| 寒冬 | hán dōng | cold winter |
| 过冬 (過冬) | guò dōng | to get through the winter |
| 冬日 | dōng rì | wintertime |
| 睡眠 | shuì mián | sleep; to sleep |
| 催眠 | cuī mián | to lull to sleep; to hypnotize |
| 失眠 | shī mián | to suffer from insomnia |
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.