睡
觉

To go to bed in Chinese: 睡觉 (shuì jiào)

shuì jiào

to go to bed

HSK 1Traditional: 睡覺2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to go to bed
  2. 2to sleep

Stroke order

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睡
觉

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄨㄟˋ

shuì

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄠˋ

jiào

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

睡觉

Simplified

睡覺

Traditional

Example sentences

See 睡觉 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我想睡觉。

    wǒ xiǎng shuì jiào。

    I want to sleep.

  • 你睡觉吗？

    nǐ shuì jiào ma？

    Are you sleeping?

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Related words

睡

shuì

to sleep

觉

jué

to feel

觉得

jué de

to think that ...

感觉

gǎn jué

feeling

自觉

zì jué

conscious

午睡

wǔ shuì

to take a nap

睡着

shuì zháo

to fall asleep

发觉

fā jué

to become aware

睡眠

shuì mián

sleep

觉悟

jué wù

to come to understand

察觉

chá jué

to sense

触觉

chù jué

sense of touch

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