Chinese symbol for “sleepwalking”
梦游症
mèng yóu zhèng
Traditional: 夢遊症
somnambulism; sleepwalking
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sleepwalking is 梦游症 (mèng yóu zhèng), defined as: somnambulism; sleepwalking.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sleepwalking”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夜游症 (夜遊症) | yè yóu zhèng | somnambulism; sleepwalking |
| 梦行症 (夢行症) | mèng xíng zhèng | somnambulism; sleepwalking |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 梦游症.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梦想 (夢想) | mèng xiǎng | (fig.) to dream of; dream |
| 做梦 (做夢) | zuò mèng | to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking |
| 梦见 (夢見) | mèng jiàn | to dream about (sth or sb); to see in a dream |
| 梦幻 (夢幻) | mèng huàn | dream; illusion |
| 噩梦 (噩夢) | è mèng | nightmare |
| 恶梦 (惡夢) | è mèng | nightmare |
| 游戏 (遊戲) | yóu xì | game (场 (chǎng)); to play |
| 旅游 (旅遊) | lǚ yóu | trip; journey |
| 症状 (症狀) | zhèng zhuàng | symptom (of an illness) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sleepwalking”.
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