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IDENTITY

shuìto sleep

HSK 1Top 660

CORE MEANING

to sleep

Part of speech
verb
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.to sleepHSK1

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
eye radical (mù)
strokes
13
Structure
left-right compound
IDS sequence
⿰目垂
    • eye
    • gives the sound shuì (historical)

USAGE

Common words

睡觉shuìjiàoto sleep
睡着shuìzháoto fall asleep

Graded examples

  • 孩子已经睡着了。Háizi yǐjīng shuìzháo le.HSK2

    The child has fallen asleep.

RELATIONS

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

Eyes (目) drooping shut (垂) — sleeping.

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#660
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

Reviewed by
AI-assisted editorial review
Last reviewed
2026-08-15

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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