Chinese
|
|
to sleep
|
feel; find that; thinking feel; find that; thinking; awake; aware; a nap; a sleep |
| trad. (睡覺)
|
睡
|
覺
|
| simp. (睡觉)
|
睡
|
觉
|
Pronunciation 1
Verb
睡⫽覺 (verb-object) (intransitive)
- to sleep; to go to bed
早點睡覺，好嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
早点睡觉，好吗？ [MSC, simp.]- Zǎodiǎn shuìjiào, hǎo ma? [Pinyin]
- Sleep earlier, okay?
- 睡你的覺去！／睡你的觉去！ ― Shuì nǐ de jiào qù! ― Go to bed!
不早了，趕快睡覺吧。 [MSC, trad.]
不早了，赶快睡觉吧。 [MSC, simp.]- Bù zǎo le, gǎnkuài shuìjiào ba. [Pinyin]
- It's getting late. Get to bed.
今天晚上我總算可以踏踏實實睡個覺。 [MSC, trad.]
今天晚上我总算可以踏踏实实睡个觉。 [MSC, simp.]- Jīntiān wǎnshang wǒ zǒngsuàn kěyǐ tātāshíshí shuì ge jiào. [Pinyin]
- I can finally get a good night's sleep tonight.
- (euphemistic) to sleep with each other; to have sexual intercourse
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 睡覺 (“to sleep”) [map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
臥, 寐, 寢, 眠, 睡, 就寢, 寢息
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
睡覺, 睡眠, 就寢
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
睡覺, 睡, 歇覺
|
| Taiwan
|
睡覺, 睡
|
| Ulanhot
|
睡覺
|
| Tongliao
|
睡覺
|
| Chifeng
|
睡覺
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
睡覺
|
| Malaysia
|
睡覺, 睡
|
| Singapore
|
睡覺, 睡
|
| Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
|
睡覺
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Weifang (Weicheng)
|
睏覺
|
| Weifang (Fangzi)
|
睏覺
|
| Changle
|
睏覺
|
| Shouguang
|
睏覺
|
| Wulian
|
睏覺
|
| Jinan
|
睡覺
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
睡覺, 睡
|
| Weifang (Hanting)
|
睏覺
|
| Changyi
|
睏覺
|
| Gaomi
|
睏覺
|
| Zhucheng
|
睏覺
|
| Anqiu
|
睏覺
|
| Linqu
|
睏覺
|
| Qingzhou
|
睏覺
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Wanrong
|
睡
|
| Xi'an
|
睡覺, 睡
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
睡
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Bayanhot
|
睡覺
|
| Ürümqi
|
呼啷
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
睡瞌睡
|
| Wuhan
|
睡瞌睡, 睡
|
| Guiyang
|
睡瞌睡
|
| Guilin
|
睡覺
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
睡覺, 睡
|
| Yangzhou
|
睡覺, 上蘇州 slang
|
| Nantong
|
睏
|
| Hefei
|
睡覺
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
瞓覺, 瞓, 見周公 humorous, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓記
|
| Hong Kong
|
瞓覺, 瞓, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓覺覺 childish, 豬豬 childish
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
瞓覺
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
瞓覺
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
睡目
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
瞓覺
|
| Macau
|
瞓覺
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
瞓覺
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
瞓
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
瞓覺
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
瞓, 睡
|
| Foshan
|
瞓覺
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
瞓覺
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
瞓覺
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
瞓覺
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
瞓覺
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
瞇覺, 瞇
|
| Zhongshan (Xiaolan)
|
瞓覺
|
| Zhongshan (Sanjiao)
|
瞓
|
| Zhongshan (Guzhen)
|
瞓
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
瞓覺
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
瞓覺
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
瞓覺
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
瞓覺
|
| Taishan
|
瞓覺, 瞓
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
瞓覺
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
瞓覺
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
瞓覺
|
| Dongguan
|
瞓覺
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
瞓覺
|
| Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
瞓覺
|
| Yangjiang
|
瞓覺, 瞓
|
| Zhanjiang
|
瞓覺, 曬鋪
|
| Nanning
|
睡覺
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
睡覺
|
| Hepu (Shatian)
|
睡覺, 瞓覺
|
| Beihai
|
睡覺
|
| Beihai (Nankang)
|
睡覺
|
| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
睡覺
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
睡覺
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
瞓覺
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
睡覺
|
| Danzhou
|
閉眼
|
| Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)
|
閉眼
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
瞓覺
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
瞓覺, 瞓
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
瞓覺
|
| Móng Cái
|
睡覺
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
睏覺, 睏
|
| Lichuan
|
睏覺, 睏
|
| Pingxiang
|
睏覺, 睏
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
睡目, 睡
|
| Xingning
|
睡目
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
瞓覺
|
| Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)
|
瞓覺
|
| Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)
|
瞓覺
|
| Huiyang
|
睡目, 睡
|
| Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
|
瞓覺
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
睡目
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
睡目, 睡覺
|
| Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)
|
睡目
|
| Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)
|
瞓
|
| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
瞓覺
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
睡目
|
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
|
睡目
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
睡目
|
| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
睡目
|
| Wuhua (Changbu)
|
睡目
|
| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
睡目
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
瞓覺
|
| Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)
|
瞓覺
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
|
瞓, 瞓覺
|
| Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
|
瞓覺
|
| Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
|
瞓覺
|
| Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)
|
瞓覺
|
| Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
|
睡覺
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
睡覺
|
| Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)
|
睡
|
| Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)
|
睡覺
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
睡眼
|
| Liannan
|
睡目
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
睡眼
|
| Jiexi
|
睡目
|
| Changting
|
睡目
|
| Wuping
|
睡目
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
睡目
|
| Liancheng
|
睡目
|
| Ninghua
|
歇
|
| Yudu
|
歇眼, 打席
|
| Ruijin
|
歇眼
|
| Shicheng
|
歇, 睡
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
歇覺
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
睡目
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
睡目
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
睡目
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
睡目, 睡
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
睡目, 睡
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
睡目, 睡
|
| Hong Kong
|
睡目
|
| Luchuan
|
睡覺
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
睡目
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
睡目
|
| Kuching (Hepo)
|
睡目
|
| Singkawang
|
睡目
|
| Singapore (Dabu)
|
睡目
|
| Bangkok (Meixian)
|
睡目
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
睏覺, 睏
|
| Shexian
|
睡
|
| Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
睏
|
| Xiuning
|
睏
|
| Yixian
|
睏
|
| Qimen
|
睏
|
| Wuyuan
|
睏
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
睡覺, 睡
|
| Taibus (Baochang)
|
睡覺
|
| Linhe
|
睡覺
|
| Jining
|
睡覺
|
| Baotou
|
睡覺
|
| Dongsheng
|
睡覺
|
| Haibowan
|
睡覺
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
目䁒
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
目䁒
|
| Songxi
|
目䁒
|
| Zhenghe
|
目䁒
|
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
眠䁒
|
| Jianyang
|
目䁒
|
| Wuyishan
|
目䁒
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
瞌眠
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
睏, 睏眠
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
睏
|
| Fuqing
|
睏
|
| Yongtai
|
睏
|
| Gutian
|
睏
|
| Fu'an
|
睏
|
| Ningde
|
睏
|
| Shouning
|
睏
|
| Zhouning
|
睏
|
| Fuding
|
睏
|
| Matsu
|
睏
|
| Sitiawan (Gutian)
|
睏眠
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
睏
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
睏
|
| Quanzhou
|
睏
|
| Shishi
|
睏
|
| Anxi
|
睏
|
| Zhangzhou
|
睏
|
| Pinghe
|
睏
|
| Zhao'an
|
睏
|
| Dongshan
|
睏
|
| Taipei
|
睏
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
睏
|
| Kaohsiung
|
睏
|
| Yilan
|
睏
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
睏
|
| Taichung
|
睏
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
睏
|
| Tainan
|
睏
|
| Taitung
|
睏
|
| Hsinchu
|
睏
|
| Kinmen
|
睏
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
睏
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
睏
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
睏
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
睏
|
| Medan (Hokkien)
|
睏
|
| Zhangping
|
睏
|
| Datian
|
睏
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
睏覺
|
| Chaozhou
|
夗
|
| Shantou
|
夗
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
夗
|
| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
夗
|
| Nan'ao (Houzhai)
|
夗
|
| Nan'ao (Yun'ao)
|
睏
|
| Jieyang
|
夗, 死瞌
|
| Puning
|
夗
|
| Haifeng
|
睏, 夗
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
夗
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
夗
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
夗
|
| Leizhou
|
瞌, 瞌覺, 睏, 歇
|
| Wenchang
|
瞌, 偃瞌
|
| Haikou
|
瞌, 偃瞌
|
| Qionghai
|
瞌, 偃瞌
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
瞌
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
睏
|
| Xianyou
|
睏
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
倒眠
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
瞇
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
瞇, 瞇覺
|
| Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
眠
|
| Fuding
|
眠
|
| Luoyuan
|
眠
|
| Shunchang
|
眠
|
| Cangnan
|
眠
|
| Jingning (Hexi)
|
眠
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
睏
|
| Suzhou
|
睏覺, 睏, 到崑山去 slang
|
| Wuxi
|
睏覺
|
| Danyang
|
睏覺, 睏
|
| Hangzhou
|
睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang
|
| Hangzhou (Yuhang)
|
睏覺, 睏
|
| Ningbo
|
睏覺, 睏
|
| Wenzhou
|
睏
|
| Jinhua
|
睏褥, 睏
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
睏覺, 睏, 睡覺
|
| Loudi
|
睏覺, 睏
|
| Shuangfeng
|
睏眼閉, 睏覺
|
| Quanzhou
|
睡覺
|
- (to have sexual intercourse):
- 上床 (shàngchuáng) (figuratively)
- 交合 (jiāohé) (euphemistic)
- 交媾 (jiāogòu) (literary)
- 交接 (jiāojiē)
- 做愛 / 做爱 (zuò'ài)
- 去motel (Taiwan)
- 同房 (tóngfáng) (euphemistic)
- 啪啪 (pāpā) (onomatopoeia, euphemistic)
- 啪啪啪 (pāpāpā) (onomatopoeia, euphemistic)
- 嘿咻 (hēixiū) (slang)
- 執劑 / 执剂 (zap1 zai1) (Cantonese, slang, euphemistic)
- 屌閪 / 屌𲈹 (diu2 hai1) (Cantonese, vulgar)
- 性交 (xìngjiāo)
- 愛愛 / 爱爱 (ài'ài) (euphemistic)
- 戳屄 (Wu)
- 扑嘢 (bok1 je5) (Cantonese, slang)
- 搞嘢 (gaau2 je5) (Cantonese)
- 敦倫 / 敦伦 (dūnlún)
- 炒飯 / 炒饭 (chǎofàn) (Taiwan)
- 發生性行為 / 发生性行为 (fāshēng xìngxíngwéi)
- 相使 (Min Nan)
- 相姦 / 相奸 (Hokkien)
- 相箍 (Min Nan)
- 肏屄 (càobī) (vulgar, with a woman)
- 行埋 (haang4 maai4) (Cantonese)
- 行房 (xíngfáng) (euphemistic, chiefly of a couple)
- 親熱 / 亲热 (qīnrè) (euphemistic)
See also
Pronunciation 2
| Rime
|
| Character
|
睡
|
覺
|
| Reading #
|
1/1
|
2/2
|
| Initial (聲)
|
常 (25)
|
見 (28)
|
| Final (韻)
|
支 (12)
|
覺 (10)
|
| Tone (調)
|
Departing (H)
|
Checked (Ø)
|
| Openness (開合)
|
Closed
|
Open
|
| Division (等)
|
III
|
II
|
| Fanqie
|
是僞切
|
古岳切
|
| Baxter
|
dzyweH
|
kaewk
|
| Reconstructions
|
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
|
/d͡ʑiuᴇH/
|
/kˠʌk̚/
|
Pan
Wuyun
|
/d͡ʑʷiɛH/
|
/kᵚɔk̚/
|
Shao
Rongfen
|
/d͡ʑjuɛH/
|
/kɔk̚/
|
Edwin
Pulleyblank
|
/d͡ʑwiə̆H/
|
/kaɨwk̚/
|
Li
Rong
|
/ʑiueH/
|
/kɔk̚/
|
Wang
Li
|
/ʑǐweH/
|
/kɔk̚/
|
Bernhard
Karlgren
|
/ʑwie̯H/
|
/kɔk̚/
|
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
|
shuì
|
jue
|
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
|
seoi6
|
gok3
|
Verb
睡覺
- (archaic, intransitive) to wake up