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睡午觉 meaning in English

shuìwǔjiào

to have a nap

Traditional 睡午覺26 strokes

Meaning of 睡午觉

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shuìwǔjiào
  1. to have a nap

睡午觉 in example sentences

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

玛mǎ丽lì在zài睡shuì午wǔ觉jiào呢ne。
Mary is having a siesta.
此cǐ外wài，中zhōng国guó人rén喜xǐ欢huān睡shuì午wǔ觉jiào。
What's more, Chinese people like taking naps.
我wǒ睡shuì午wǔ觉jiào的de时shí候hòu做zuò了le个gè怪guài梦mèng。
While napping, I had a strange dream.
对duì不bù起qǐ，我wǒ在zài睡shuì午wǔ觉jiào，没méi听tīng到dào你nǐ按àn门mén铃líng。
Sorry, I was taking a nap and didn't hear you ring the doorbell.

Stroke order for each character

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睡 shuì · to sleep · 13 strokes

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午 wǔ · noon · 4 strokes

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觉 jiào · a nap · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 睡午觉.

觉得juédeto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
睡觉shuìjiàoto go to bed; to sleep
下午xiàwǔafternoon; p.m.
午饭wǔfànlunch
中午zhōngwǔnoon; midday
上午shàngwǔmorning
感觉gǎnjuéfeeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
午餐wǔcānlunch; luncheon
午睡wǔshuìto take a nap in the afternoon
自觉zìjuéto realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself); re
睡着shuìzháoto fall asleep
睡眠shuìmiánsleep; to sleep

Questions about 睡午觉

What does 睡午觉 mean?

睡午觉 (shuìwǔjiào) means "to have a nap".

How do you write 睡午觉?

睡午觉 is made of 3 characters: 睡 (13 strokes), 午 (4 strokes), 觉 (9 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.

How is 睡午觉 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 睡午觉 is written 睡午覺.