She became drowsy after supper.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
昏昏欲睡
drowsy
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
drowsy
02
sleepy (idiom)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 昏昏欲睡 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 昏昏欲睡 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
He was about to fall asleep, when he heard his name called.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 昏昏欲睡.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 昏昏欲睡.
Directly before
- 正在昏昏欲睡1
- 变得昏昏欲睡1
- 人昏昏欲睡1
- 令人昏昏欲睡1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 昏昏欲睡
What does 昏昏欲睡 mean in Chinese?
昏昏欲睡 (hūnhūnyùshuì) means drowsy.
How do you pronounce 昏昏欲睡?
昏昏欲睡 is pronounced hūnhūnyùshuì.
Is 昏昏欲睡 an HSK word?
昏昏欲睡 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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