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睡觉

shuì jiào · shui jiao

Traditional 睡覺

HSK 1

Meaning

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  1. to go to bed
  2. to sleep
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Counting sheep

  1. Dengdeng

    已经(yǐjīng)十二点(shíèrdiǎn)了(le)。你(nǐ)怎么(zěnme)还(hái)不(bù)睡觉(shuìjiào)？

    It is midnight. Why are you not sleeping?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)睡觉(shuìjiào)，可是(kěshì)睡(shuì)不(bù)着(zháo)。

    I want to sleep, but I cannot fall asleep.

  3. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)数(shǔ)羊(yáng)吧(ba)。

    Then count sheep.

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)数(shǔ)了(le)，数到(shǔdào)一千(yīqiān)了(le)。

    I did. I counted to one thousand.

  5. Dengdeng

    现在(xiànzài)我(wǒ)也(yě)不能(bùnéng)睡觉(shuìjiào)了(le)。你(nǐ)数(shǔ)得(de)太(tài)大声(dàshēng)了(le)。

    Now I cannot sleep either. You count too loudly!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

睡(shuì)觉(jiào)前(qián)我(wǒ)吃(chī)了(le)三(sān)片(piàn)药(yào)来(lái)治(zhì)疗(liáo)感(gǎn)冒(mào)。

Before going to bed, I took three pills to stop a cold.

Tatoeba: Chinese by wzhd · English by monahxo · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)今(jīn)晚(wǎn)没(méi)地(dì)方(fang)睡(shuì)觉(jiào)。

I have no place to sleep tonight.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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睡
shuì

to sleep; to lie down

觉
jiào

a nap; a sleep

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