How to pronounce shui jiao (睡觉) in Chinese
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睡觉
shuì jiào
Characters & meanings
to sleep
sleep (jiào); to feel (jué)
Common mistake
Double fourth (4-4) — and a famous minimal pair: shuìjiào (4-4) is "to sleep", shuǐjiǎo (3-3) is "dumplings". Get both falls wrong and you order a nap at the restaurant.
Example sentence
我十点睡觉。
Wǒ shí diǎn shuìjiào.
I go to sleep at ten.
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