睡觉

• 拼音: shuì jiào
• 汉字拆解: 睡 = 目 (eye) + 垂 (droop); 觉 = 学 (phonetic) + 见 (see)

含义

To sleep; to go to bed. The most common everyday expression for sleeping.

A separable verb — 觉 can be separated from 睡 by other elements such as duration or descriptors. For example, 睡了一个好觉 (had a good sleep). This is the standard way to say 'to sleep' in daily conversation.

例句

1. 我每天十点睡觉。
2. 你昨天几点睡觉的？
3. 小猫在那儿睡觉呢。

用法指南

语境: daily routine, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 我要去睡觉了。(I'm going to sleep now.)
• 宝宝已经睡觉了。(The baby has already gone to sleep.)

错误说法

• 我睡觉了八个小时。(Wrong — 睡觉 is separable; say 我睡了八个小时 or 我睡了一个好觉)

起源与历史

A verb-object compound: 睡 (to sleep) + 觉 (a nap/sleep), literally 'to sleep a sleep.'

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal