睡 (seoi6) — sleep; slumber; rest with eyes closed in Cantonese
seoiˍ₆睡
Mandarin Pinyin: shui4
Meaning of 睡
nounsleep; slumber; rest with eyes closed
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Example Sentences with 睡
還帶著睡眼惺忪的小學生在路旁等校車。
The sleepy-eyed students are waiting for the school bus by the road.
瞓醒覺,捽一捽對矇忪嘅睡眼.
Rubbing a pair of sleepy eyes after waking up.
zouˊ²早seoiˍ₆睡zouˊ²早heiˊ²起sanˉ¹身taiˊ²體houˊ²好。
It is good for our body's health to sleep and get up early.
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好gui6,攰，soengˊ²想fan˗₃瞓gaau3.覺。
He's very tired, wants to sleep.
camˎ₄噚maanˏ₅晚mˎ₄唔gei˗₃記dakˉ¹得fan˗₃瞓gaau3.覺。
Last night I forgot to sleep.
Words Containing 睡
晚睡maan5 seoi6
go to bed late
睡醒seoi6 sing2/seng2
to wake up
睡意seoi6 ji3
sleepiness; drowsiness
仰睡joeng5 seoi6
sleep on one's back (prone)
睡眼惺忪seoi6 ngaan5 sing1 sung1
eyes still heavy with sleep; sleepy eyes
睡衣店seoi6 ji1 dim3
a pajamas shop; a pyjamas shop
打瞌睡daa2 hap1 seoi6
to doze [Var.] 打䁯睡
睡夢seoi6 mung6
dream, sleep, slumber
睡了覺seoi6 liu5 gaau3
have fallen asleep; have gone to sleep; have gone to bed | 粵: 瞓咗覺
側睡zak1 seoi6
sleep on one's side
睡椅seoi6 ji2
couch
睡鋪seoi6 pou1
a couchette
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