瞌睡
kē shuì
Pinyin

Definition

瞌睡
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kē shuì
  1. drowsy
  2. to doze
  3. to nap

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

睡
shuì
  1. 1 to sleep
  2. 2 to lie down
睡觉
shuì jiào
  1. 1 to go to bed
  2. 2 to sleep
入睡
rù shuì
  1. 1 to fall asleep
睡意
shuì yì
  1. 1 sleepiness
睡眠
shuì mián
  1. 1 sleep
  2. 2 to sleep
  3. 3 (computing) to enter sleep mode
睡着
shuì zháo
  1. 1 to fall asleep
睡醒
shuì xǐng
  1. 1 to wake up
午睡
wǔ shuì
  1. 1 to take a nap
  2. 2 siesta
吃喝拉撒睡
chī hē lā sā shuì
  1. 1 to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep
  2. 2 (fig.) the ordinary daily routine
嗜睡症
shì shuì zhèng
  1. 1 hypersomnia
  2. 2 excessive sleepiness (medical)
小睡
xiǎo shuì
  1. 1 to nap
  2. 2 to doze
想睡
xiǎng shuì
  1. 1 drowsy
  2. 2 sleepy
打瞌睡
dǎ kē shuì
  1. 1 to doze off
昏昏欲睡
hūn hūn yù shuì
  1. 1 drowsy
  2. 2 sleepy (idiom)
昏睡
hūn shuì
  1. 1 sleep
  2. 2 drowse when unconscious
  3. 3 lethargic sleep
  4. 4 lethargy
沉睡
chén shuì
  1. 1 to be fast asleep
  2. 2 (fig.) to lie dormant
  3. 3 to lie undiscovered
熟睡
shú shuì
  1. 1 asleep
  2. 2 sleeping soundly
睡午觉
shuì wǔ jiào
  1. 1 to have a nap
睡姿
shuì zī
  1. 1 sleeping posture
睡懒觉
shuì lǎn jiào
  1. 1 to sleep in

Idioms (2)

席地而睡
xí dì ér shuì
  1. 1 to sleep on the ground (idiom)
昏昏欲睡
hūn hūn yù shuì
  1. 1 drowsy
  2. 2 sleepy (idiom)

Sample Sentences

西药见效快。吃白加黑吧。白天服白片不瞌睡，晚上服黑片睡得香。
xīyào jiànxiào kuài 。chī báijiāhēi ba 。báitiān fú báipiàn bù kēshuì ，wǎnshang fú hēipiàn shuì de xiāng 。
You see the results quickly with Western medicine. Try some pseudophedrine hydrochloride. Take the white pill during the day and you won't feel drowsy. Take the black pill at night and you'll sleep soundly.
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啊？五点？吓死宝宝了，我的瞌睡都吓醒了。我可起不来，我天生就是夜猫子型人格呀，你们这些晨型人就尽知道刺激我们。
ā ？wǔ diǎn ？xiàsǐ bǎobao le ，wǒ de kēshuì dōu xià xǐng le 。wǒ kě qǐbùlái ，wǒ tiānshēng jiùshì yèmāozi xíng réngé ya ，nǐmen zhèxiē chénxíng rén jiù jìn zhīdào cìjī wǒmen 。
What? Five? You've scared the living daylight out of me. You've scared the sleepiness away. Waking up that early, that is something I cannot do. I'm was born a night owl. You early morning types, all you know is how to show us up.
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听说你看电影的时候，总是瞌睡虫上身，动不动就看到睡着，是吗？
tīngshuō nǐ kàn diànyǐng de shíhou ，zǒngshì kēshuì chóng shàngshēn ，dòng bu dòng jiù kàn dào shuìzháo ，shìma ？
I hear that when you watch films, you're always overpowered by the sandman. You're always falling asleep at the drop of the hat when you're watching, yeah?
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我的大学在市郊，周末回家要坐两个多小时的班车 。一般我都是抱着书包，带着耳机，半打着瞌睡来消磨这段时光。不过从那天开始，这一切都改变了。
wǒ de dàxué zài shìjiāo ，zhōumò huíjiā yào zuò liǎng ge duō xiǎoshí de bānchē 。yībān wǒ dōushì bào zhe shūbāo ，dài zhe ěrjī ，bàn dǎ zhe kēshuì lái xiāomó zhè duàn shíguāng 。bùguò cóng nà tiān kāishǐ ，zhè yīqiè dōu gǎibiàn le 。
My university is in the suburbs and so when I go home on the weekends I need to take a bus for 2 hours. I usually hold my bag, put on my headphones and doze off to kill the time. But on this day, everything changed.
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