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睡觉

睡覺
shuìjiào
verb HSK 1 #780

Meanings

  1. 1 to go to bed; to sleep

Characters

睡
shuì
to sleep
觉
jiào
sleep; nap (in this context)
觉 is pronounced jiào here (meaning 'sleep'), not jué (meaning 'to feel'). The two characters together form a verb-object compound.

Examples

该睡觉了。
Gāi shuìjiào le.
It's time to go to bed.
你几点睡觉？
Nǐ jǐ diǎn shuìjiào?
What time do you go to bed?
我昨天睡觉很晚。
Wǒ zuótiān shuìjiào hěn wǎn.
I went to bed very late yesterday.

Tips

grammar
睡觉 is a verb-object compound, so you can't directly add duration after it. Say 我睡了八个小时 (I slept for 8 hours), not 我睡觉了八个小时.

Stroke Order

睡 shuì
觉 jué