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睡 shuì

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睡 shuì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shuì | shui4
English translation
to sleep
to lie down
to sleep, to doze

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About 睡 shuì

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

睡 shuì

Contains the radical

目 mù

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

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Etymology of 睡 shuì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰目垂

Semantic compound

目 mù

Phonetic compound

垂 chuí

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 目 mù represents the meaning and 垂 chuí represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 睡 shuì

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我 wǒ 极 jí 想 xiǎng 翘 qiáo 课 kè 去 qù 睡觉 shuìjiào .

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

等 děng 她 tā 朦朦胧胧地刚离开 líkāi 思索 sīsuǒ 将要 jiāng yào 睡 shuì 去 qù , 春宝又 yòu 醒 xǐng 了 le .

As she was about to doze off, Chun Bao woke up.

[谚 yàn ]肚子 dùzi 饱 bǎo 了 le , 骨头 gǔtou 就 jiù 想 xiǎng 休息 xiūxi ;腹饱思 sī 睡 shuì .

When the belly is full, the bones would be at rest.

母亲 mǔqīn 低声 dī shēng 哼 hēng 着 zhāo 哄 hōng 婴儿 yīngér 入睡 rù shuì .

The mother crooned her baby to sleep.

她 tā 昨晚 zuó wǎn 没 méi 睡 shuì 够 gòu .

She didn't have enough sleep last night.

Words with 睡 shuì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
睡 shuì to sleep睡 shuì
睡觉 shuìjiào to go to bed睡覺
睡眠 shuì mián sleep睡眠 shuì mián
睡着 shuì zháo to fall asleep睡著
睡衣 shuì yī pajamas睡衣 shuì yī
入睡 rù shuì to fall asleep入睡 rù shuì
睡醒 shuì xǐng to wake up睡醒 shuì xǐng
沉睡 chén shuì to be fast asleep沉睡 chén shuì
熟睡 shú shuì asleep熟睡 shú shuì
午睡 wǔ shuì siesta午睡 wǔ shuì
瞌睡 kē shuì drowsy瞌睡 kē shuì
睡意 shuì yì sleepiness睡意 shuì yì
打瞌睡 dǎ kē shuì to doze off打瞌睡 dǎ kē shuì
昏睡 hūn shuì sleep昏睡 hūn shuì
睡袋 shuì dài sleeping bag睡袋 shuì dài
睡懒觉 shuì lǎn jiào to sleep in睡懶覺
昏昏欲睡 hūn hūn yù shuì drowsy昏昏欲睡 hūn hūn yù shuì
睡袍 shuì páo nightgown睡袍 shuì páo
睡美人 Shuì měi rén Sleeping Beauty睡美人 Shuì měi rén
睡过头 shuì guò tóu to oversleep睡過頭
睡椅 shuì yǐ couch睡椅 shuì yǐ
小睡 xiǎo shuì to nap小睡 xiǎo shuì
酣睡 hān shuì to sleep soundly酣睡 hān shuì

睡 shuì Decomposition & Compounds

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睡 shuì Decomposition

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