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打瞌睡 (dǎ kē shuì): To doze off (verb-object phrase) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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打瞌睡 consists of 3 characters.

to hit, to strike, to make (a phone call)

doze off; sleepy

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Pinyindǎ kē shuì

Meaningto doze off, to nod off

Characters3

HSK—

Syntaxverb-object phrase

Word打瞌睡

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Example Sentences with 打瞌睡

Tā他

shàng上

kè课

shí时

dǎ打

kē瞌

shuì睡

。

He dozed off in class.

Xià下

wǔ午

róng容

yì易

dǎ打

kē瞌

shuì睡

，

kě可

Cháng长

tú途

huǒ火

chē车

shàng上

hěn很

duō多

rén人

dōu都

zài

yǐ

以

hē喝

bēi杯

kā咖

fēi啡

。

It's easy to doze off in the afternoon; you can have a cup of coffee.

在

dǎ打

kē瞌

shuì睡

。

Many people were dozing off on the long-distance train.

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 打瞌睡.

Words with 打

打电话dǎ diàn huàHSK 1
打开dǎ kāiHSK 2
打车dǎ chēHSK 2
打篮球dǎ lán qiúHSK 2
打扫dǎ sǎoHSK 3
打算dǎ suànHSK 3
打印dǎ yìnHSK 4
打扮dǎ banHSK 4

Words with 瞌

瞌睡kēshuì
瞌睡虫kēshuìchóng

Words with 睡

睡觉shuì jiàoHSK 1
睡眠shuì miánHSK 5
沉睡chén shuìHSK 7-9
睡袋shuì dàiHSK 7-9
酣睡hān shuìHSK 7-9
入睡rù shuì
午睡wǔ shuì
熟睡shú shuì