睡覺

See also: 睡觉

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuìjiào

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁶ gaau³
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xyei⁴ gau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuìjiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuèijiào
  - Wade–Giles: shui⁴-chiao⁴
  - Yale: shwèi-jyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shueyjiaw
  - Palladius: шуйцзяо (šujczjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi⁶ gaau³
  - Yale: seuih gaau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁶ gaau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁶ gao³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²² kaːu̯³³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: xyei⁴ gau⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯e̞i̯⁴⁵ kɒu̯⁴⁵/

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.
- 我戴上眼罩　想睡個沒有你的覺 [MSC, trad.]
  我戴上眼罩　想睡个没有你的觉 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2020, 曹楊 (Cáoyáng) (Young), 走散 (Astray)
  wǒ dàishàng yǎnzhào, xiǎng shuì ge méiyǒu nǐ de jiào [Pinyin]
  Putting my blindfold on, I want to sleep without you
(euphemistic) to sleep with each other; to have sexual intercourse

Synonyms

(to sleep):

Dialectal synonyms of 睡覺 (“to sleep”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
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
	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
Puxian Min	Xianyou	睏
Central Min	Yong'an	倒眠
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	瞇
Zhongshan Min	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):

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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)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuìjué

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuìjué
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuèijyué
  - Wade–Giles: shui⁴-chüeh²
  - Yale: shwèi-jywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shueyjyue
  - Palladius: шуйцзюэ (šujczjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: dzyweH kaewk

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	/d͡ʑiuᴇ^H/	/kˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑʷiɛ^H/	/kᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjuɛ^H/	/kɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑwiə̆^H/	/kaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʑiue^H/	/kɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ʑǐwe^H/	/kɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑwie̯^H/	/kɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuì	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi⁶	gok³

Verb

睡覺

(Classical, intransitive) to wake up