Sleep in Chinese (Mandarin): 睡觉 (shuìjiào)
睡觉
shuìjiào
sleep
- Simplified
- 睡觉
- Traditional
- 睡覺
- Pinyin
- shuìjiào
- Typed as
- shuijiao
Use it in a sentence
宝宝在睡觉。
寶寶在睡覺。
The baby is sleeping.
The characters in 睡觉
睡
To sleep. 目 (eye) is on the left.
13 strokes
觉 / 覺
Sleep; read jué, it means to feel.
9 strokes
觉 is read jiào in 睡觉 but jué in 觉得 (juéde, to feel). Good night is 晚安 (wǎn'ān).
More examples with 睡觉
我九点睡觉。
我九點睡覺。
Wǒ jiǔ diǎn shuìjiào.
I go to bed at nine.
小狗在床上睡觉。
小狗在床上睡覺。
Xiǎo gǒu zài chuáng shang shuìjiào.
The puppy is sleeping on the bed.
How to write 睡觉 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
睡 13 strokes
觉 9 strokes
In Traditional characters:
覺 20 strokes
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