盹 (dǔn): doze
盹 (dǔn) is a Chinese character meaning “doze.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 目 (semantic) and 屯 (phonetic). It ranks #2989 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 盹 eye. Its radical form 目 (eye) appears in many related characters such as 看 (kàn, to look, to see), 真 (zhēn, really), 着 (zhe, -ing, to wear).
Definitions
- doze
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
盹 appears in 2 compound words: 0 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 50 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 盹 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
午饭后他总是要打个小盹，这样下午才有精神。
Wǔfàn hòu tā zǒngshì yào dǎ gè xiǎo dǔn, zhèyàng xiàwǔ cái yǒu jīngshén.
After lunch, he always takes a short nap so he can be energetic in the afternoon.
六个 Agent 各有工位：没有任务时打盹、喝咖啡，接到任务后便开始工作。
liù gè A g e n t gè yǒu gōng wèi : méi yǒu rèn wù shí dǎ dǔn , hē kā fēi , jiē dào rèn wù hòu biàn kāi shǐ gōng zuò .
Each of the six agents has their own workstation: they take naps and drink coffee when they have no tasks, and start working as soon as they receive a task.
春困、夏乏、秋盹、冬眠，一年四季都是睡觉的好时候。
chūn kùn , xià fá , qiū dǔn , dōng mián , yī nián sì jì dōu shì shuì jué de hǎo shí hòu .
Spring drowsiness, summer lethargy, autumn naps, and winter hibernation—every season of the year is a good time to sleep.
也许我会马上放弃然后去打盹。
Yěxǔ wǒ huì mǎshàng fàngqì ránhòu qù dǎdǔn.
I may give up soon and just take a nap.
她刚结束，就躺下打了个盹儿。
Tā gāng jiéshù, jiù tǎngxià dǎ le gè dǔn r.
The moment she'd finished, she lay down for a nap.
此刻打盹，你将做梦；而此刻学习，你将圆梦。
Cǐkè dǎdǔn, nǐ jiāng zuòmèng; ér cǐkè xuéxí, nǐ jiāng yuánmèng.
This moment will nap, you will have a dream; But this moment study,you will interpret a dream.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 目 (eye) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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