打瞌睡 meaning in English

dǎkēshuì

to doze; to nod off

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Meaning of 打瞌睡

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dǎkēshuì
  1. to doze; to nod off

打瞌睡 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汤tāng姆mǔ在zài法fǎ语yǔ课kè上shàng打dǎ瞌kē睡shuì了le。
Tom dozed off in French class.
汤tāng姆mǔ在zài会huì议yì期qī间jiān打dǎ瞌kē睡shuì。
Tom dozed off during the meeting.

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打 dǎ · to hit · 5 strokes

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瞌 kē · sleepy · 15 strokes

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睡 shuì · to sleep · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 打瞌睡.

打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a telephone call
打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket)
睡觉shuìjiàoto go to bed; to sleep
打球dǎ qiúto play a ball sport
打车dǎchēto take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift
打算dǎsuànto plan; to intend
打工dǎgōngto work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or d
打印dǎyìnto affix a seal; to stamp
午睡wǔshuìto take a nap in the afternoon
打破dǎpòto break; to smash
打听dǎtingto ask about; to make some inquiries
睡着shuìzháoto fall asleep

Questions about 打瞌睡

What does 打瞌睡 mean?

打瞌睡 (dǎkēshuì) means "to doze; to nod off".

How do you write 打瞌睡?

打瞌睡 is made of 3 characters: 打 (5 strokes), 瞌 (15 strokes), 睡 (13 strokes). That is 33 strokes in total.