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睡眠 (shuì mián): sleep

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 5noun

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning
sleep
Characters
2
Part of speech
noun
HSK level
HSK 5

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Meanings grouped by pronunciation.

  • sleep
  • to sleep
  • (computing) to enter sleep mode

Chinese explanation

  • 人或动物的一种自然休息状态,眼睛闭上,身体和大脑得到放松和恢复
  • 指这种状态的过程或时间,如睡眠不足、睡眠质量好。

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Character breakdown

HSK 1

to sleep

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Example sentences

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Work has been so stressful lately that my sleep quality has clearly gotten worse, and I often toss and turn at night without being able to fall asleep.

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The doctor advised him to make sure he gets seven to eight hours of sleep every day so that his body can gradually recover.

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After the baby was born, our whole family's sleep schedule was thrown off—we always have to get up several times in the middle of the night.

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To improve his sleep, he stopped looking at his phone an hour before bed and also kept up a half-hour walk every evening.

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In the days before the exam, I was so nervous that I didn't get enough sleep, and I kept yawning during class.

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