Chinese word dictionary

想睡

xiǎng shuì · drowsy; sleepy

Practice word

Word information

Simplified想睡

Traditional想睡

Pinyinxiǎng shuì

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

想xiǎng

to believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think

睡shuì

to sleep, to doze

How to learn 想睡

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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睡shuì

to sleep; to lie down

睡觉shuìjiào

to go to bed; to sleep

想xiǎng

to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)

理想lǐxiǎng

an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect

梦想mèngxiǎng

(fig.) to dream of; dream

想法xiǎngfǎ

way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)