(shuì zháo) - to fall asleep, to be asleep in Mandarin
shuìzháoTraditional: 睡著
Translation
to fall asleep, to be asleep
Word origin
A resultative compound of 睡 (shuì, to sleep) and the complement 着 (zháo, to succeed in), marking that the act of sleeping has actually begun.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 睡 (shuì, to sleep) + 着 (zháo, to attain)
Stroke order
睡
着
Examples
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The child fell asleep quickly.
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I only fell asleep very late last night.
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He fell asleep watching television.
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It was too noisy and I could not fall asleep.
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She fell asleep on the train.
睡着 (shuì zháo) means to fall asleep, where the 着 complement signals that sleep has actually been achieved rather than merely attempted. The negative 睡不着 means to be unable to fall asleep.
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