睡 shuì sleep
怎么记住“睡”: 目 eye + 垂 droop = sleep. During the long budget meeting the manager's eyes begin to droop, and soon he drifts off to sleep at the table.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
睡 = 目 eye + 垂 droop
- 目 eye meaning
- 垂 droop sound
During the long budget meeting the manager's eyes begin to droop, and soon he drifts off to sleep at the table.
How it came to be
In the small seal form, an eye gives the meaning and the drooping part beside it gives the sound.
用法
- 'To sleep', in everyday speech it wants an object: 睡觉 (shuìjiào) to sleep, 我睡了八个小时 I slept eight hours.
- Bare 睡 attaches to a result or state: 睡着 (shuìzháo) fall asleep, 睡不着 can't get to sleep.
含“睡”的词语
例句
- 昨天我十点就睡了。 Zuótiān wǒ shí diǎn jiù shuì le.Yesterday I went to sleep at ten.
- 我通常11点睡觉。 Wǒ tōngcháng shíyī diǎn shuìjiào.I usually sleep at eleven o'clock.