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) 睡 覺
simp. (睡觉) 睡 觉

Pronunciation 1

Verb

睡⫽覺 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. to sleep; to go to bed
    早點睡覺，好嗎？
    早点睡觉，好吗？
    Zǎodiǎn shuìjiào, hǎo ma?
    Sleep earlier, okay?
    睡你的覺去！／睡你的觉去！  ―  Shuì nǐ de jiào qù!  ―  Go to bed!
    不早了，趕快睡覺吧。
    不早了，赶快睡觉吧。
    Bù zǎo le, gǎnkuài shuìjiào ba.
    It's getting late. Get to bed.
    今天晚上我總算可以踏踏實實睡個覺。
    今天晚上我总算可以踏踏实实睡个觉。
    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):
Dialectal synonyms of 睡覺 (“to sleep”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 臥, 寐, 寢, 眠, 睡, 就寢, 寢息
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 睡覺, 睡眠, 就寢
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 睡覺, 睡, 歇覺
Taiwan 睡覺, 睡
Ulanhot 睡覺
Tongliao 睡覺
Chifeng 睡覺
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 睡覺
Malaysia 睡覺, 睡
Singapore 睡覺, 睡
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) 睡覺
Jilu Mandarin Weifang (Weicheng) 睏覺
Weifang (Fangzi) 睏覺
Changle 睏覺
Shouguang 睏覺
Wulian 睏覺
Jinan 睡覺
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 睡覺, 睡
Weifang (Hanting) 睏覺
Changyi 睏覺
Gaomi 睏覺
Zhucheng 睏覺
Anqiu 睏覺
Linqu 睏覺
Qingzhou 睏覺
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 睡
Xi'an 睡覺, 睡
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 睡
Lanyin Mandarin Bayanhot 睡覺
Ürümqi 呼啷
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 睡瞌睡
Wuhan 睡瞌睡, 睡
Guiyang 睡瞌睡
Guilin 睡覺
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 睡覺, 睡
Yangzhou 睡覺, 上蘇州 slang
Nantong 睏
Hefei 睡覺
Cantonese Guangzhou 瞓覺, 瞓, 見周公 humorous, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓記
Hong Kong 瞓覺, 瞓, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓覺覺 childish, 豬豬 childish
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 瞓覺
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 瞓覺
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 睡目
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 瞓覺
Macau 瞓覺
Guangzhou (Panyu) 瞓覺
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 瞓
Guangzhou (Conghua) 瞓覺
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 瞓, 睡
Foshan 瞓覺
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 瞓覺
Foshan (Shunde) 瞓覺
Foshan (Sanshui) 瞓覺
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 瞓覺
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 瞇覺, 瞇
Zhongshan (Xiaolan) 瞓覺
Zhongshan (Sanjiao) 瞓
Zhongshan (Guzhen) 瞓
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 瞓覺
Zhuhai (Doumen) 瞓覺
Jiangmen (Baisha) 瞓覺
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 瞓覺
Taishan 瞓覺, 瞓
Kaiping (Chikan) 瞓覺
Enping (Niujiang) 瞓覺
Heshan (Yayao) 瞓覺
Dongguan 瞓覺
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 瞓覺
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 瞓覺
Yangjiang 瞓覺, 瞓
Zhanjiang 瞓覺, 曬鋪
Nanning 睡覺
Hepu (Lianzhou) 睡覺
Hepu (Shatian) 睡覺, 瞓覺
Beihai 睡覺
Beihai (Nankang) 睡覺
Beihai (Yingpan) 睡覺
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 睡覺
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 瞓覺
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 睡覺
Danzhou 閉眼
Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) 閉眼
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 瞓覺
Singapore (Guangfu) 瞓覺, 瞓
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 瞓覺
Móng Cái 睡覺
Gan Nanchang 睏覺, 睏
Lichuan 睏覺, 睏
Pingxiang 睏覺, 睏
Hakka Meixian 睡目, 睡
Xingning 睡目
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 瞓覺
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 瞓覺
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 瞓覺
Huiyang 睡目, 睡
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) 瞓覺
Huidong (Daling) 睡目
Dongguan (Qingxi) 睡目, 睡覺
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) 睡目
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) 瞓
Boluo (Bendihua) 瞓覺
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 睡目
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 睡目
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 睡目
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 睡目
Wuhua (Changbu) 睡目
Wuhua (Mianyang) 睡目
Heyuan (Bendihua) 瞓覺
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) 瞓覺
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 瞓, 瞓覺
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) 瞓覺
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 瞓覺
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) 瞓覺
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 睡覺
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 睡覺
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) 睡
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) 睡覺
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 睡眼
Liannan 睡目
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 睡眼
Jiexi 睡目
Changting 睡目
Wuping 睡目
Wuping (Pingyu) 睡目
Liancheng 睡目
Ninghua 歇
Yudu 歇眼, 打席
Ruijin 歇眼
Shicheng 歇, 睡
Shangyou (Shexi) 歇覺
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 睡目
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 睡目
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 睡目
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 睡目, 睡
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 睡目, 睡
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 睡目, 睡
Hong Kong 睡目
Luchuan 睡覺
Sabah (Longchuan) 睡目
Senai (Huiyang) 睡目
Kuching (Hepo) 睡目
Singkawang 睡目
Singapore (Dabu) 睡目
Bangkok (Meixian) 睡目
Huizhou Jixi 睏覺, 睏
Shexian 睡
Huangshan (Tunxi) 睏
Xiuning 睏
Yixian 睏
Qimen 睏
Wuyuan 睏
Jin Taiyuan 睡覺, 睡
Taibus (Baochang) 睡覺
Linhe 睡覺
Jining 睡覺
Baotou 睡覺
Dongsheng 睡覺
Haibowan 睡覺
Northern Min Jian'ou 目䁒
Jian'ou (Dikou) 目䁒
Songxi 目䁒
Zhenghe 目䁒
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 眠䁒
Jianyang 目䁒
Wuyishan 目䁒
Pucheng (Shibei) 瞌眠
Eastern Min Fuzhou 睏, 睏眠
Fuzhou (Changle) 睏
Fuqing 睏
Yongtai 睏
Gutian 睏
Fu'an 睏
Ningde 睏
Shouning 睏
Zhouning 睏
Fuding 睏
Matsu 睏
Sitiawan (Gutian) 睏眠
Southern Min Xiamen 睏
Xiamen (Tong'an) 睏
Quanzhou 睏
Shishi 睏
Anxi 睏
Zhangzhou 睏
Pinghe 睏
Zhao'an 睏
Dongshan 睏
Taipei 睏
New Taipei (Sanxia) 睏
Kaohsiung 睏
Yilan 睏
Changhua (Lukang) 睏
Taichung 睏
Taichung (Wuqi) 睏
Tainan 睏
Taitung 睏
Hsinchu 睏
Kinmen 睏
Penghu (Magong) 睏
Penang (Hokkien) 睏
Singapore (Hokkien) 睏
Manila (Hokkien) 睏
Medan (Hokkien) 睏
Zhangping 睏
Datian 睏
Pingnan (Shangdu) 睏覺
Chaozhou 夗
Shantou 夗
Shantou (Chenghai) 夗
Shantou (Chaoyang) 夗
Nan'ao (Houzhai) 夗
Nan'ao (Yun'ao) 睏
Jieyang 夗, 死瞌
Puning 夗
Haifeng 睏, 夗
Bangkok (Teochew) 夗
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 夗
Singapore (Teochew) 夗
Leizhou 瞌, 瞌覺, 睏, 歇
Wenchang 瞌, 偃瞌
Haikou 瞌, 偃瞌
Qionghai 瞌, 偃瞌
Singapore (Hainanese) 瞌
Puxian Min Putian 睏
Xianyou 睏
Central Min Yong'an 倒眠
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 瞇
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 瞇, 瞇覺
Shehua Fu'an 眠
Fuding 眠
Luoyuan 眠
Shunchang 眠
Cangnan 眠
Jingning (Hexi) 眠
Wu Shanghai 睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang
Shanghai (Chongming) 睏
Suzhou 睏覺, 睏, 到崑山去 slang
Wuxi 睏覺
Danyang 睏覺, 睏
Hangzhou 睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 睏覺, 睏
Ningbo 睏覺, 睏
Wenzhou 睏
Jinhua 睏褥, 睏
Xiang Changsha 睏覺, 睏, 睡覺
Loudi 睏覺, 睏
Shuangfeng 睏眼閉, 睏覺
Quanzhou 睡覺
  • (to have sexual intercourse):
See also

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 睡 覺
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 常 (25) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 支 (12) 覺 (10)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III II
Fanqie 是僞切 古岳切
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
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