"睡不著" meaning in Chinese

See 睡不著 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /suei²¹³ pu²¹ t͡sʰo²¹/ [Mandarin, Chengdu, Sinological-IPA], /sɵy̯²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sœːk̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 睡不着 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 睡不著
  1. to be unable to sleep Synonyms: 瞓唔著 (fan3 m4 zoek6) [Cantonese], 瞓唔着 (fan3 m4 zoek6) [Cantonese], 睏不著 [Gan, Xiang], 困不着 [Gan, Xiang], 睏𣍐著 [Eastern, Min], 困𫧃着 [Eastern, Min]
    Sense id: en-睡不著-zh-verb-rFKwHSQH Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin words containing toneless variants, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sleep Related terms: 瞌睡 (kēshuì), 入睡 (rùshuì), 睡過頭 (shuìguòtóu), 睡过头 (shuìguòtóu), 睡覺 (shuìjiào), 睡觉 (shuìjiào), 睡懶覺 (shuì lǎnjiào), 睡懒觉 (shuì lǎnjiào), 睡眠 (shuìmián), 睡著 (shuìzháo), 睡着 (shuìzháo), (khùn) [Hokkien], (khùn) [Hokkien], 睏覺 (fan3 gaau3) [Cantonese], 困觉 (fan3 gaau3) [Cantonese], 瞓覺 (fan3 gaau3) [Cantonese], 𰥛觉 (fan3 gaau3) [Cantonese]
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shuìdezháo",
      "word": "睡得著"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuìdezháo",
      "word": "睡得着"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "睡不着",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "睡不著",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin words containing toneless variants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Sleep",
          "orig": "zh:Sleep",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              32
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I couldn't sleep because of him.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Dōu shì yīnwèi tā, wǒ shuìbùzháo.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "都是因為他,我睡不著。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              32
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I couldn't sleep because of him.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Dōu shì yīnwèi tā, wǒ shuìbùzháo.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "都是因为他,我睡不着。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be unable to sleep"
      ],
      "id": "en-睡不著-zh-verb-rFKwHSQH",
      "links": [
        [
          "unable",
          "unable"
        ],
        [
          "sleep",
          "sleep"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "kēshuì",
          "word": "瞌睡"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rùshuì",
          "word": "入睡"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shuìguòtóu",
          "word": "睡過頭"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shuìguòtóu",
          "word": "睡过头"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shuìjiào",
          "word": "睡覺"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shuìjiào",
          "word": "睡觉"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shuì lǎnjiào",
          "word": "睡懶覺"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shuì lǎnjiào",
          "word": "睡懒觉"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shuìmián",
          "word": "睡眠"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shuìzháo",
          "word": "睡著"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shuìzháo",
          "word": "睡着"
        },
        {
          "roman": "khùn",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "睏"
        },
        {
          "roman": "khùn",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "困"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fan3 gaau3",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "睏覺"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fan3 gaau3",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "困觉"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fan3 gaau3",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "瞓覺"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fan3 gaau3",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "𰥛觉"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "fan3 m4 zoek6",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "瞓唔著"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fan3 m4 zoek6",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "瞓唔着"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Gan",
            "Xiang"
          ],
          "word": "睏不著"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Gan",
            "Xiang"
          ],
          "word": "困不着"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Eastern",
            "Min"
          ],
          "word": "睏𣍐著"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Eastern",
            "Min"
          ],
          "word": "困𫧃着"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shuìbùzháo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Chengdu",
        "Sichuanese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sui⁴ bu² co²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seoi⁶ bat¹ zoek⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shuìbùzháo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "toneless variant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shuìbuzháo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "toneless variant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄓㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shuèibůjháo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shui⁴-pu⁵-chao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shwèi-bu-jáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shueybujaur"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šujbučžao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шуйбучжао"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Chengdu",
        "Sichuanese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sui⁴ bu² co²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sui bu co"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/suei²¹³ pu²¹ t͡sʰo²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Chengdu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seoi⁶ bat¹ zoek⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seuih bāt jeuhk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soey⁶ bat⁷ dzoek⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sêu⁶ bed¹ zêg⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɵy̯²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sœːk̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "睡不著"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shuìdezháo",
      "word": "睡得著"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuìdezháo",
      "word": "睡得着"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "睡不着",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "睡不著",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "kēshuì",
      "word": "瞌睡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rùshuì",
      "word": "入睡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuìguòtóu",
      "word": "睡過頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuìguòtóu",
      "word": "睡过头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuìjiào",
      "word": "睡覺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuìjiào",
      "word": "睡觉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuì lǎnjiào",
      "word": "睡懶覺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuì lǎnjiào",
      "word": "睡懒觉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuìmián",
      "word": "睡眠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuìzháo",
      "word": "睡著"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuìzháo",
      "word": "睡着"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khùn",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "睏"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khùn",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "困"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fan3 gaau3",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "睏覺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fan3 gaau3",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "困觉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fan3 gaau3",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "瞓覺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fan3 gaau3",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "𰥛觉"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 不",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 睡",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 著",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Mandarin words containing toneless variants",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sichuanese lemmas",
        "Sichuanese verbs",
        "zh:Sleep"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              32
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I couldn't sleep because of him.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Dōu shì yīnwèi tā, wǒ shuìbùzháo.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "都是因為他,我睡不著。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              32
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I couldn't sleep because of him.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Dōu shì yīnwèi tā, wǒ shuìbùzháo.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "都是因为他,我睡不着。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be unable to sleep"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unable",
          "unable"
        ],
        [
          "sleep",
          "sleep"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shuìbùzháo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Chengdu",
        "Sichuanese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sui⁴ bu² co²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seoi⁶ bat¹ zoek⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shuìbùzháo"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "toneless variant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shuìbuzháo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "toneless variant"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄅㄨ ㄓㄠˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shuèibůjháo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shui⁴-pu⁵-chao²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shwèi-bu-jáu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shueybujaur"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šujbučžao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шуйбучжао"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ b̥u¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Chengdu",
        "Sichuanese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sui⁴ bu² co²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sui bu co"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/suei²¹³ pu²¹ t͡sʰo²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Chengdu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seoi⁶ bat¹ zoek⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seuih bāt jeuhk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "soey⁶ bat⁷ dzoek⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sêu⁶ bed¹ zêg⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɵy̯²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sœːk̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "fan3 m4 zoek6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "瞓唔著"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fan3 m4 zoek6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "瞓唔着"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "睏不著"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "困不着"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Eastern",
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "睏𣍐著"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Eastern",
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "困𫧃着"
    }
  ],
  "word": "睡不著"
}

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