冬眠

Chinese

winter sleep
simp. and trad.
(冬眠)

Pronunciation


Verb

冬眠

  1. (biology) to hibernate

Noun

冬眠

  1. (biology) hibernation

Adjective

冬眠

  1. dormant

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (冬眠):
  • Japanese: 冬眠(とうみん) (tōmin)
  • Korean: 동면(冬眠) (dongmyeon)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 2
みん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) ーみん [tòómíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [to̞ːmʲĩɴ]

    Noun

    (とう)(みん) • (tōmin) 

    1. hibernation

    Verb

    (とう)(みん)する • (tōmin suru) intransitive suru (stem (とう)(みん) (tōmin shi), past (とう)(みん)した (tōmin shita))

    1. to hibernate

    Conjugation

    References

    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

    Korean

    Hanja in this term

    Noun

    冬眠 • (dongmyeon) (hangeul 동면)

    1. Hanja form? of 동면 (hibernation).
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