Korean Word Entry

冬眠
Hangul:동면
Revised Romanization:dongmyeon
Definition: (biology) hibernation

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Chinese characters used in this word

winter, 11th lunar month
Readings
Mandarin: ㄉㄨㄥ (dōng)
Cantonese: dung1
Japanese: トウ (tou) / ふゆ (fuyu)
Korean: 동 (dong)
Vietnamese: đông

sleep, die, sleepy, close eyes, hibernate
Readings
Mandarin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ (mián), ㄇㄧㄢˇ (miǎn), ㄇㄧㄣˇ (mǐn)
Cantonese: min4
Japanese: ミン (min)、 ベン (ben) / ねむ.る (nemuru)、 ねむ.い (nemui)、 ねむり (nemuri)
Korean: 면 (myeon), 민 (min)
Vietnamese: miên