(shuì jiào) - to sleep, to go to bed in Mandarin
shuìjiàoTraditional: 睡覺
HSK 1
#710 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
to sleep, to go to bed
Word origin
A compound of 睡 (shuì) 'to sleep' and 覺 (jiào) 'sleep, a sense'. 睡 has 目 (eye) with 垂 (chuí, to droop) as phonetic; 覺 has 見 (to see) with a phonetic body. Together they mean to sleep or go to bed.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 睡 (shuì, to sleep: 目 eye + 垂 phonetic) + 覺 (jiào, sleep)
Stroke order
睡
觉
Examples
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I'm going to bed.
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The child is already asleep.
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He goes to bed at ten every day.
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At weekends I like to sleep in.
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