fall asleep; go to sleep
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to fall asleep; to go to sleep; to enter the state of sleep
Slightly more formal or literary than 睡着 (shuì zháo), often used in written Chinese or formal contexts to describe the process of transitioning into sleep.
Yóu由
yú于
guò过
dù度
xīng兴
fèn奋
，
jiǔ久
jiǔ久
bù不
néng能
rù入
mián眠
。
Due to excessive excitement, he could not fall asleep for a long time.
Yīng婴
ér儿
tōng通
cháng常
zài在
wǎn晚
shang上
jiǔ九
diǎn点
rù入
mián眠
。
Babies usually fall asleep at nine o'clock in the evening.
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Fú服
yòng用
le了
ān安
mián眠
yào药
hòu后
，
tā他
zhōng终
yú于
rù入
mián眠
le了
。
After taking sleeping pills, he finally fell asleep.
Tīng听
zhe着
yǔ雨
shēng声
，
wǒ我
jiàn渐
jiàn渐
rù入
mián眠
。
Listening to the sound of rain, I gradually drifted off to sleep.