Mary is having a siesta.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
睡午觉
to have a nap
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to have a nap
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 睡午觉 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 睡午觉 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
What's more, Chinese people like taking naps.
While napping, I had a strange dream.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 睡午觉.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 睡午觉.
Directly before
- 在睡午觉2
- 喜欢睡午觉1
- 我睡午觉1
Directly after
- 睡午觉的1
- 睡午觉呢1
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 睡午觉
What does 睡午觉 mean in Chinese?
睡午觉 (shuìwǔjiào) means to have a nap.
How do you pronounce 睡午觉?
睡午觉 is pronounced shuìwǔjiào.
Is 睡午觉 an HSK word?
睡午觉 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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