睡

The character "睡" has 13 strokes. "睡" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "睡" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "睡" are "shuì" . View the stroke order of "睡">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "睡"

v.: sleep; retire for the night; lie; have sex (with); sleep (with)

• sleep : n.睡眠；睡觉；眼屎；眼眵；长眠；寂静；静止；死；一夜；一夜之眠
• lie : v.说谎；躺；平卧；（使）处于…状态；坐落于；位于；可受理；可立案

Form words with "睡"

睡一下 have a little sleep

仰着睡 sleep on one's back

睡地板 sleep on the floor

睡晌觉 take an afternoon nap

吃喝拉撒睡 eating, drinking, shitting, pissing and sleeping—routine of daily life

侧着身子睡 sleep on one's side

睡迷糊了 be dazed with sleep

睡傻了 be stupid with sleep

睡很长时间 have a long sleep

睡一个更次 sleep for about two hours

睡不安宁 have an unquiet sleep

躺着睡 sleep on one's back

侧着身睡 sleep on one's side

好好睡它一觉 have a good sleep

Example phrases using "睡"

• 给孩子垫好枕头，别让他控着头睡。

  Set the pillow right for the child. Don’t let him sleep with his head unsupported.

• 凑合着睡一会儿吧，别来回折腾了。

  You’d better stop tossing about and try to get some sleep.

• 他睡得很沉，没有听见闹钟响。

  He slept so soundly that he did not hear the alarm.

• 卧床太小，睡不下三个孩子。

  The bed is too small for three children.

• 她担心女儿发高烧，昨晚没有睡踏实。

  She was anxious about her daughter’s fever and did not sleep well last night.

• 天色还早，你再睡一会儿。

  It’s still early, and you can lie in for a little while more. / It’s still early, you can snooze a while.

• 白天我睡了一天，晚上一点瞌睡都没有。

  I slept all day long and felt not a bit sleepy at night.

• 这个屋子睡四个人没问题。

  The room can sleep four easily.

• 今天晚上我在病房支应，你们去睡好了。

  You’ll all go to bed tonight while I keep vigil in the sick room.

• 我睡这张双层床的上铺。

  I sleep on the upper bunk.