睡着
HSK 4 (2021)
睡着 (shuìzháo) · to fall asleep
睡着 (shuìzháo) means “to fall asleep”. It is written with 2 characters: 睡 (to sleep) + 着 (ongoing-state particle). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 睡着 is built
The characters
睡 shuì · to sleep
What 睡 is made of
- 目mù — eye
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 垂chuí — to hang
- 士shì — scholar
- 卄niàn — twenty
- 十 — ten
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: 目 gives the meaning, 垂 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
着 zhe · ongoing-state particle
What 着 is made of
- 羊yáng — sheep
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 目mù — eye
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
Example sentences
孩子已经睡着了。Háizi yǐjīng shuìzháo le.The child has already fallen asleep.
你昨晚几点睡着的？Nǐ zuówǎn jǐ diǎn shuìzháo de?What time did you fall asleep last night?
Questions about 睡着
What does 睡着 mean?
睡着 (shuìzháo) means “to fall asleep”.
How do you pronounce 睡着?
睡着 is pronounced shuìzháo.
Which HSK level is 睡着?
睡着 is in HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 睡觉shuìjiàoto sleep
- 午睡wǔshuìto take an afternoon nap
- 睡shuìto sleep
- 接着jiēzheto continue
- 着火zháohuǒto catch fire
- 着急zháojíworried
- 随着suízhealong with
- 着凉zháoliángto catch a cold
- 沉着chénzhuócalm
- 意味着yìwèizheto mean
Learn 睡着 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 77: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.