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睡
午
覺
[--
觉
]
Jyutping
seoi6 ng5 gaau3
Pinyin
shuì wǔ jiào
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
to have a nap
Definitions (Wiktionary)
verb, verb-object
to take an afternoon nap; to take a nap after lunch
(syn.) 瞓晏晝, 瞇日晝覺, 睡晏覺, 睡熱中覺, 睡中覺, 睏晝, 瞌日晝, 睡中午覺, 午休, 瞓晏晝覺, 睏中覺, 瞓晏覺, 睏午覺, 打冷覺, 歇晌午, 歇晌, 打午寣, 睡午覺, 睡晌午覺, 睏中晝 GT, 睡午睡, 睡晏覺 dated, 晝寢, 歇晝, 睏懶覺, 睏白日覺, 瞇日晝, GT - General Taiwaneseno specific region identified), 午睡, 睡晏, 睡晌覺, 睡當晝, 睡晏晝覺, 睡中覺 old, 睏晏覺, 瞌晝, 瞇晏覺, 睡午覺兒, 打中覺, 睡晌, 歇歇晌兒
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
此外,中国人喜欢睡午觉。
此外,中國人喜歡睡午覺。
cǐ wài , zhōng guó rén xǐ huan shuì wǔ jiào 。
What's more, Chinese people like taking naps.
On top of that, the Chinese like taking naps.
Mandarin
我睡午觉的时候做了个怪梦。
我睡午覺的時候做了個怪夢。
wǒ shuì wǔ jiào de shí hou zuò le gè guài mèng 。
While napping, I had a strange dream.
Mandarin
玛丽在睡午觉呢。
瑪麗在睡午覺呢。
mǎ lì zài shuì wǔ jiào ne 。
Mary is having a siesta.
Mary is having a kip after lunch.
Mary is having a sleep after lunch.
Mary is having a nap after lunch.
Mary is having a snooze after lunch.
Mandarin
对不起,我在睡午觉,没听到你按门铃。
對不起,我在睡午覺,沒聽到你按門鈴。
duì bu qǐ , wǒ zài shuì wǔ jiào , méi tīng dào nǐ àn mén líng 。
Sorry, I was taking a nap and didn't hear you ring the doorbell.