VocabularyHSK 3 · core

睡觉

shuìjiào

to sleep

Part of speech · verb

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Examples

我每天十一点睡觉。
I go to bed at eleven every day.
你睡觉了吗?
Have you gone to bed?

Collocations

去睡觉睡觉时间睡不着

Mnemonic

睡觉 shuìjiào "to sleep" — 睡 (sleep) + 觉 (here meaning "sleep" too). 觉 has two pronunciations: jiào "sleep" vs jué "feel/sense". Pairs with 起床 qǐchuáng "get up".

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Pronunciation of 觉 in 睡觉?