睡 (shuì): to sleep
睡 (shuì) is a Chinese character meaning “to sleep.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 目 (semantic) and 垂 (phonetic). It ranks #964 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 睡 eye. Its radical form 目 (eye) appears in many related characters such as 看 (kàn, to look, to see), 真 (zhēn, really), 着 (zhe, -ing, to wear).
Definitions
- to sleep
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 睡
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 睡着verb | shuì zháo | to fall asleep |
| 睡衣noun | shuì yī | night clothes |
| 入睡verb | rù shuì | to fall asleep |
| 沉睡verb | chén shuì | to be fast asleep |
| 睡梦 | shuì mèng | sleep |
| 睡袋noun | shuì dài | sleeping bag |
| 打瞌睡verb | dǎ kē shuì | to doze |
| 睡袍noun | shuì páo | nightgown |
| 熟睡verb | shú shuì | asleep |
| 睡美人proper-noun | shuì měi rén | Sleeping Beauty |
| 瞌睡verb | kē shuì | drowsy |
| 睡醒verb | shuì xǐng | to wake up |
| 昏睡verb | hūn shuì | to sleep heavily (due to illness, fatigue etc) |
| 昏昏欲睡adjective | hūn hūn yù shuì | drowsy |
| 睡椅noun | shuì yǐ | couch |
睡 appears in 59 compound words: 51 as the first character, 36 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 睡 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
昨晚睡得很晚，今天白天一直很困。
Zuó wǎn shuì de hěn wǎn, jīntiān báitiān yìzhí hěn kùn.
I slept very late last night and have been very sleepy all day today.
睡觉太亮恐影响健康?医点名3类人风险高
shuì jué tài liàng kǒng yǐng xiǎng jiàn kāng ? yī diǎn míng 3 lèi rén fēng xiǎn gāo
Sleeping too brightly may affect your health? The doctor named 3 types of people with high risk
林襄NBA球場邊「呼呼大睡」被抓包! 李多慧傻眼偷拍
lín 襄 qiú 場 邊 hū hū dà shuì bèi zhuā bāo ! lǐ duō huì shǎ yǎn tōu pāi
Lin Xiang Caught Napping at NBA Game! Lee Do-hye Stunned by Candid Photo
長期睡眠不足、小心病痛一起來!「5個方法」助你...
長 qī shuì mián bù zú xiǎo xīn bìng tòng yī qǐ 來 ! 個 fāng fǎ zhù nǐ . . .
Long-term sleep deprivation, beware of diseases and pains together! "5 Ways" to help you ...
【中環解密】日睡8小時被炒 投行分析師興訟
zhōng 環 jiě mì rì shuì xiǎo 時 bèi chǎo tóu háng fēn xī 師 興 訟
[Central Declassified] Fired for sleeping 8 hours a day, investment bank analysts are in litigation.
河北男孩放寒假每天睡到中午12点,爸爸不许家人打扰..
hé běi nán hái fàng hán jiǎ měi tiān shuì dào zhōng wǔ diǎn , bà bà bù xǔ jiā rén dǎ rǎo . .
A boy in Hebei sleeps until noon every day during winter break, and his father forbids the family from disturbing him.
为什么你昨晚睡不着？
Wèishénme nǐ zuówǎn shuìbuzháo?
Why couldn't you sleep last night?
人们怎么能在飞机上睡觉？
Rénmen zěnme néng zài fēijī shàng shuìjiào?
How do people manage to sleep on the plane?
你通常什么时候上床睡觉？
Nǐ tōngcháng shénme shíhou shàng chuáng shuìjiào?
When do you usually go to bed?
为什么现在还没有睡？早些睡觉吧。
Wèishénme xiànzài hái méiyǒu shuì? zǎoxiē shuìjiào ba.
Why haven't you gone to sleep yet? You should go to sleep sooner.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 目 (eye) component
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