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HSK
1

to sleep

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

shui4 shuì

Meaning


Primary

to sleep

Alternatives

sleep, sleeps, sleeping, slept

Mnemonic


[shu-] Sherlock Holmes is in the [4] bathroom of the [-(e)i] beach house by the bay, 睡 sleeping against a 垂 willow that grows out of the tile floor. The branches and leaves of the 垂 willow has draped around his 目 eyes, blocking out all the light, allowing him to peacefully 睡 sleep in the solitude of the bathroom.

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