睡
着

To fall asleep in Chinese: 睡着 (shuì zháo)

shuì zháo

to fall asleep

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 睡著1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to fall asleep

Stroke order

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着

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄨㄟˋ

shuì

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄓㄠˊ

zháo

ㄓ/ zhㄠ/ aoˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

睡着

Simplified

睡著

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 孩子太累了,很快就睡着了。

    hái zi tài lèi le, hěn kuài jiù shuì zháo le。

    The child was so tired that he quickly fell asleep.

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Related words

着

zhe

aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state

睡

shuì

to sleep

睡觉

shuì jiào

to go to bed

着急

zháo jí

to worry

随着

suí zhe

along with

接着

jiē zhe

to catch and hold on

着凉

zháo liáng

to catch cold

午睡

wǔ shuì

to take a nap

着火

zháo huǒ

to catch fire

睡眠

shuì mián

sleep

有着

yǒu zhe

to have

挨着

āi zhe

near

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