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睡觉 shuìjiào

睡觉 shuìjiào Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 睡觉 shuìjiào .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shuìjiào | shui4 jiao4
English translation
to go to bed
to sleep

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About 睡觉 shuìjiào

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Traditional form

睡覺

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 睡觉 shuìjiào

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shuì

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and chuí represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

chuí

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

目垂

Number of Strokes

13
jiào

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jiàn represents the meaning and xué represents the sound. Simplified form of xué . Only the top part of xué is used, which prevents the character from being too crowded.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

jiàn

Positional decomposition

⺍冖见

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 睡觉 shuìjiào

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xiǎng qiáo 睡觉 shuìjiào .

I was sorely tempted to miss class and sleep in instead.

shuí Néng hěn jiǔ 睡觉 shuìjiào .

No one can do without sleep for very long.

jiǎ 使 shǐ 现在 xiànzài jiù 上床 shàng chuáng 睡觉 shuìjiào , 就念 shuì qián 故事 gùshì gěi yǐn .

If you go to bed now, I've read you a bedtime story.

shǎng chuán jiù 大声 dà shēng de rǎng yāo qīn 嘴要睡觉 shuìjiào .

He reeled on board, tipsily shouting that he wanted a good fuck.

睡觉 shuìjiào qián 我们 wǒmen wán hěn hǎo .

We had an okay time till we went to bed.

睡觉 shuìjiào Decomposition

See the 7 Chinese characters that make up 睡觉 shuìjiào and their own compounds.

睡觉 shuìjiào Compounds

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