睡眠浅

睡眠淺

shuìmiánqiǎn

phrase

Meanings

1 light sleep; sleeping lightly
2 shallow / fragile sleep

Characters

Examples

她睡眠浅,一点声音就醒。

Tā shuìmián qiǎn, yìdiǎn shēngyīn jiù xǐng.

She sleeps lightly — the slightest noise wakes her.

上了年纪睡眠就变浅了。

Shàng le niánjì shuìmián jiù biàn qiǎn le.

As you age, your sleep gets lighter.

Tips

memory

浅 literally 'shallow' (opposite of 深 'deep') — sleep is conceived in Chinese as either 浅 or 深, exactly mirroring the English 'light/deep sleep' metaphor. 睡眠很深 = 'deep sleep'.

Stroke Order

睡 shuì

眠 mián

浅 qiǎn