睡 (shuì) means To sleep. Below are 24 of the 41 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
睡 前要刷牙齿。
Shuì qián yào shuā yáchǐ.
You should brush your teeth before bed.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 牙齿
睡 好觉才有精神。
Shuì hǎo jiào cái yǒu jīngshen.
You only have energy after a good sleep.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 精神
他凌晨三点才 睡 。
Tā língchén sān diǎn cái shuì.
He did not get to sleep until three in the morning.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凌晨
他兴奋得 睡 不着觉。
Tā xīngfèn de shuì bu zháo jiào.
He was too excited to sleep.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 兴奋
运动可以改善 睡 眠。
Yùndòng kěyǐ gǎishàn shuìmián.
Exercise can improve your sleep.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 改善
妈妈让我早点儿 睡 觉。
Māma ràng wǒ zǎo diǎnr shuìjiào.
Mum told me to go to bed a bit earlier.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 让
睡 觉以前我喜欢看书。
Shuìjiào yǐqián wǒ xǐhuan kàn shū.
I like to read before going to sleep.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 以前
我有点儿困，想 睡 觉。
Wǒ yǒudiǎnr kùn, xiǎng shuì jiào.
I am a bit sleepy and want to go to bed.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 困
妈妈轻声哄孩子 睡 觉。
Māma qīngshēng hǒng háizi shuìjiào.
Mum coaxed the child softly to sleep.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 哄
孩子趴在桌上 睡 着了。
Háizi pā zài zhuō shang shuìzháo le.
The child fell asleep lying across the table.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 趴
别嚷了，孩子在 睡 觉。
Bié rǎng le, háizi zài shuìjiào.
Stop shouting; the child is asleep.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嚷
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From the graded readers
它 睡 在我的椅子上。
tā shuì zài wǒ de(possessive) yǐ zǐ shàng.
He sleeps on my chair.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
可是我在沙发上 睡 着了。
kěshì wǒ zài shāfā shàng shuìzháole.
But I fell asleep on the sofa.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
十一点，我 睡 觉。明天见！
shíyī diǎn, wǒ shuìjiào. míngtiān jiàn!
At eleven I go to sleep. See you tomorrow!
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
小白很喜欢 睡 觉，也很喜欢吃东西。
xiǎo bái hěn xǐhuan shuìjiào, yě hěn xǐhuan chī dōngxī.
Xiaobai loves sleeping, and loves eating too.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
小白喜欢 睡 觉，一天 睡 很多个小时。
xiǎo bái xǐhuan shuìjiào, yī tiān shuì hěnduō gè xiǎoshí.
Xiaobai likes sleeping — he sleeps a lot of hours a day.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
我昨天晚上工作到很晚， 睡 得很少。
wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang gōngzuò dào hěn wǎn, shuì dehěn shǎo / shào.
I worked late last night and slept very little.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
回到家还要继续做，常常两点才 睡 。
huídào jiā háiyāo jìxù zuò, chángcháng liǎng diǎn cái shuì.
I'd carry on at home and often didn't get to bed until two.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
我 睡 得很晚，第二天上班总是没精神。
wǒ shuì dehěn wǎn, dì'èr tiānshàng bān zǒngshì méi jīngshén.
I was going to sleep late, and always felt flat at work the next day.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
医生说我 睡 眠太少，让我至少休息两个星期。
yīshēng shuō wǒ shuìmián tài shǎo / shào, ràng wǒ zhìshǎo xiūxi liǎng gè xīngqī.
The doctor said I was badly short of sleep and told me to rest for at least two weeks.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
她在信里问我：吃得好不好？ 睡 得好不好？工作累不累？
tā zài xìn lǐ wèn wǒ: chī dé / děi / de hǎo / hào bùhǎo? shuì dé / děi / de hǎo / hào bùhǎo? gōngzuò lèi / léi / lěi bù lèi / léi / lěi?
She asked in it: was I eating well, sleeping well, was work tiring?
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
睡 appears in 41 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 睡
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Questions about 睡
How is 睡 used in a sentence?
This page shows 41 sentences using 睡 (shuì, "To sleep"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 睡 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 睡 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 睡?
The dictionary page for 睡 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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