睡覺

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See also: 睡觉

Chinese

to sleep
feel; find that; thinking
feel; find that; thinking; awake; aware; a nap; a sleep
 
trad. (睡覺)
simp. (睡觉)

Pronunciation 1


Verb

睡⫽覺 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. to sleep; to go to bed
    早點睡覺 [MSC, trad.]
    早点睡觉 [MSC, simp.]
    Zǎodiǎn shuìjiào, hǎo ma?
    Sleep earlier, okay?
      ―  Shuì nǐ de jiào qù!  ―  Go to bed!
    趕快睡覺 [MSC, trad.]
    赶快睡觉 [MSC, simp.]
    Bù zǎo le, gǎnkuài shuìjiào ba.
    It's getting late. Get to bed.
    今天晚上總算可以踏踏實實 [MSC, trad.]
    今天晚上总算可以踏踏实实 [MSC, simp.]
    Jīntiān wǎnshang wǒ zǒngsuàn kěyǐ tātāshíshí shuì ge jiào.
    I can finally get a good night's sleep tonight.
  2. (euphemistic) to sleep with each other; to have sexual intercourse
Synonyms
  • (to sleep):
  • (to have sexual intercourse):
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Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (25) (28)
Final () (12) (10)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III II
Fanqie
Baxter dzyweH kaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiuᴇH/ /kˠʌk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑʷiɛH/ /kᵚɔk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑjuɛH/ /kɔk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑwiə̆H/ /kaɨwk̚/
Li
Rong
/ʑiueH/ /kɔk̚/
Wang
Li
/ʑǐweH/ /kɔk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʑwie̯H/ /kɔk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shuì jue
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
seoi6 gok3

Verb

睡覺

  1. (archaic, intransitive) to wake up