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睡着 (shuì zháo): To fall asleep (verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

睡着 consists of 2 characters.
shuì
睡
to sleep
zhe
着
-ing

Example Sentences with 睡着

yīng婴
ér儿
zài在
yáo摇
lán篮
lǐ里
ān安
jìng静
dì地
shuì睡
zháo着
le了
。
The baby fell asleep quietly in the cradle
tā他
de的
yǎn演
jiǎng讲
nèi内
róng容
dān单
diào调
fá乏
wèi
wǒ我
bù不
zhī知
bù不
jué觉
shuì睡
zháo着
le了
。
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tā他
tài太
lèi累
le了
，
yǐ以
zhì至
味
，
tīng听
zhòng众
dōu都
kuài快
yào要
shuì睡
zháo着
le了
。
His speech was monotonous and boring, and the audience was almost falling asleep.
I fell asleep without realizing it.
yú
于
shuì睡
zháo着
le了
。
He was so tired that he fell asleep.
wǒ我
tài太
lèi累
le了
，
shēn身
bù不
yóu由
jǐ己
dì地
shuì睡
zháo着
le了
。
I was so tired that I fell asleep involuntarily.
yóu由
yú于
guò过
dù度
xīng兴
fèn奋
，
tā他
zuó昨
wǎn晚
jī几
hū乎
méi没
zěn怎
me么
shuì睡
zháo着
。
Due to excessive excitement, he hardly slept last night.
wèi为
shén什
me么
nà那
zhī只
niǎo鸟
zài在
shù树
zhī枝
shàng上
yí一
dòng动
bu不
dòng动
，
shì是
shuì睡
zháo着
le了
ma吗
？
Why is that bird motionless on the branch? Is it asleep?
zhè这
bù部
diàn电
yǐng影
de的
qíng情
jié节
bìng并
bù不
yǒu有
qù趣
，
wǒ我
kàn看
le了
yí一
bàn半
jiù就
shuì睡
zháo着
le了
。
The plot of this movie is not interesting at all; I fell asleep halfway through.
tā他
de的
pí疲
bèi惫
chéng程
dù度
rú如
cǐ此
zhī之
gāo高
，
yǐ以
zhì至
yú于
zài在
huì会
yì议
zhōng中
chà差
diǎn点
shuì睡
zháo着
。
His level of exhaustion was so high that he almost fell asleep during the meeting.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 睡着.

Words with 睡
  • 睡觉shuì jiàoHSK 1
  • 午睡wǔ shuì
  • 沉睡chén shuì
  • 睡眠shuì mián
  • 睡袋shuì dài
  • 酣睡hān shuì
Words with 着
  • 着急zháo jíHSK 3
  • 接着jiē zheHSK 4
  • 随着suí zheHSK 4
  • 凭着píng zhe
  • 向着xiàng zhe
  • 当着dāng zhe
  • 怀着huáizhe
  • 执着zhí zhuó