# 睡

| 睡 | U+7761, &#30561; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7761 |
| ← 睠 [U+7760] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 睢 → [U+7762] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 睡 |
| Simplified | 睡 |
| Traditional | 睡 |

### Alternative forms

Note minor compositional differences.

### Han character

睡 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月山竹十一 (BUHJM), four-corner 6201$_4$, composition ⿰目垂)

#### Derived characters

* 𬑩

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 810, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23448
* Dae Jaweon: page 1225, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2497, character 4
* Unihan data for U+7761

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 睡 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 埵 | *toːlʔ |
| 綞 | *toːlʔ |
| 涶 | *tʰoːl, *tʰoːls |
| 唾 | *tʰoːls |
| 厜 | *stol |
| 腄 | *tol, *dols, *ɢʷɯ |
| 箠 | *tol, *tjolʔ |
| 娷 | *tols |
| 諈 | *tols |
| 錘 | *dol, *dols, *du |
| 甀 | *dol, *dols |
| 硾 | *dols |
| 捶 | *tjolʔ |
| 垂 | *djol |
| 陲 | *djol |
| 倕 | *djol |
| 菙 | *djolʔ |
| 睡 | *djols |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djols): semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 垂 (OC *djol) – sleep.

### Etymology

May be from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/n)waj (“to hang from; to cling to; creeper”); see 垂 (OC *djol, “to hang down”) for more (STEDT).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shuì (shui$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sui$^4$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): fěi
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фи (fi, III)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi$^6$
* Gan (Wiktionary): sui$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): soi
    (Hailu, HRS): shoi$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): soi$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): sui$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): sói
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sūi / sùi / chē / chōe / chēr
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sui$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zoe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xyei$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuì
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuèi
*** Wade–Giles: shui$^4$
*** Yale: shwèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuey
*** Palladius: шуй (šuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: sui$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sui
*** Sinological IPA : /suei²¹³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: fěi
*** Sinological IPA : /fei²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фи (fi, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /fi⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seoi$^6$
*** Yale: seuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soey$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵy̯²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: sui$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /sui¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: soi
*** Hakka Romanization System: soi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: soi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /soi̯⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shoi$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃoi³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: soi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /soɪ⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: sui$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /suei⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̿
*** Sinological IPA : /sy³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sói
*** Sinological IPA : /sui²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūi
*** Tâi-lô: suī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sui
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sui³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sui²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùi
*** Tâi-lô: suì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui²¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chē
*** Tâi-lô: tsē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ze
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡se³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡se²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chōe
*** Tâi-lô: tsuē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoe
*** IPA (Tainan): /t͡sue³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sue²²/
** (Hokkien: Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chēr
*** Tâi-lô: tsēr
*** IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sə²²/
* sūi/sùi - literary;
* chē/chōe/chēr - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: dzyweH
Rime :
| Character | 睡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (12) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 是僞切 |
| Baxter | dzyweH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑiuᴇ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑʷiɛ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑjuɛ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑwiə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑiue$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑǐwe$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʑwie̯$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shuì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | seoi$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]o[j]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*djols/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 睡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shuì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzywe$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[d]o[j]-s/ |
| English | doze off |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 睡 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1680 |
| Phonetic component | 垂 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 睡 |
| Old Chinese | /*djols/ |

### Definitions

睡
* (intransitive) to sleep
    睡會兒／睡会儿 ― shuì huǐr ― to sleep for a while
* (of bed, room, transitive) to sleep; to have the capacity for
    我睡這間房。／我睡这间房。 ― Wǒ shuì zhè jiān fáng. ― I sleep in this room.
* (colloquial, transitive) to sleep with (have sexual intercourse with somebody)
    被睡了 ― bèi shuì le ― to be slept with (to have sexual intercourse unconsciously, unwillingly or unhappily)
* (dialectal) to lie; to recline
* (literary, intransitive) to nod off
    From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5th – 3rd centuries BCE
    Dúshū yù shuì, yǐn zhuī zì cì qí gǔ, xuè liú zhì zú. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* a surname

#### Synonyms

* (to sleep):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 臥, 寐, 寢, 眠, 睡, 就寢, 寢息 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 睡覺, 睡眠, 就寢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 睡覺, 睡, 歇覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 睡覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 睡覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 睡覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 睡覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 睡覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 睡覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 睏覺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 睡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 睡 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 睡覺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 呼啷 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 睡瞌睡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 睡瞌睡, 睡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 睡瞌睡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 睡覺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 睡覺, 上蘇州 slang |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 睏 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 瞓覺, 瞓, 見周公 humorous, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓記 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 瞓覺, 瞓, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓覺覺 childish, 豬豬 childish |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 睡目 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 瞓, 睡 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 瞇覺 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 瞓覺, 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 瞓覺, 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Zhanjiang | 瞓覺, 曬鋪 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 睡覺, 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 閉眼 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 閉眼 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 瞓覺, 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 睡覺 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 睡目, 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 瞓 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 瞓, 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 睡 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 睡眼 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 睡眼 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Changting | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 歇 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 歇眼, 打席 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 歇眼 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 歇, 睡 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 歇覺 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 睡目 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 睡 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 睏 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 睏 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 睏 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 睏 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 睏 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Linhe | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Jining | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Baotou | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 睡覺 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 眠䁒 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 瞌眠 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 睏, 睏眠 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 睏眠 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 睏 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 睏覺 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 夗, 死瞌 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 睏, 夗 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 瞌, 瞌覺, 睏, 歇 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 瞌, 偃瞌 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 瞌, 偃瞌 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 瞌, 偃瞌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 瞌 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 睏 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 睏 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 倒眠 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 瞇 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 瞇, 瞇覺 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 眠 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 眠 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 眠 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 眠 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 眠 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 眠 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 睏 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 睏覺, 睏, 到崑山去 slang |
| Wu | Wuxi | 睏覺 |
| Wu | Danyang | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 睏 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 睏褥, 睏 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 睏覺, 睏, 睡覺 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 睏眼閉, 睏覺 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 睡覺 |
* (to lie):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 寢, 臥 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 躺, 臥, 躺臥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 躺, 歪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 躺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 躺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 躺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 睡, 躺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 躺, 睡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 睡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 躺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 躺, 睡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 睡, 躺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 眠 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 眠 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 睡 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 瞓 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 睏 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 眠, 抗 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 睡 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 眠 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 睡 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 睡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 睡 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 躺, 睡 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 倒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 倒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 倒 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 倒 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 倒 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 倒 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 倒 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 倒 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 夗 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 睏 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 翻, 倒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 睏 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 睏 |

### Compounds

* 低睡
* 倒頭就睡 / 倒头就睡
* 入睡 (rùshuì)
* 午睡 (wǔshuì)
* 半睡半醒
* 卯睡
* 卻睡草 / 却睡草
* 呼呼大睡 (hūhūdàshuì)
* 嗑睡
* 嗜睡症 (shìshuìzhèng)
* 囫圇睡 / 囫囵睡
* 安睡 (ānshuì)
* 客睡
* 寢睡 / 寝睡
* 小睡 (xiǎoshuì)
* 引睡
* 憩睡
* 打睡
* 打瞌睡 (dǎ kēshuì)
* 打磕睡
* 打齁睡
* 放睡
* 昏昏欲睡 (hūnhūnyùshuì)
* 昏睡 (hūnshuì)
* 昏睡病 (hūnshuìbìng)
* 晌睡
* 楊妃春睡 / 杨妃春睡
* 沉睡 (chénshuì)
* 沈睡
* 淺睡 / 浅睡
* 清睡
* 渴睡
* 渴睡漢 / 渴睡汉
* 濃睡 / 浓睡
* 熟睡 (shúshuì)
* 狗瞌睡魚 / 狗瞌睡鱼
* 獨睡丸 / 独睡丸
* 獸睡 / 兽睡
* 甜睡
* 疲睡
* 癱睡 / 瘫睡
* 益睡
* 盹睡
* 省睡
* 眠睡
* 睏睡 / 困睡
* 睡不著 / 睡不着 (shuìbùzháo)
* 睡中覺 / 睡中觉
* 睡仙
* 睡伏
* 睡佛
* 睡僊 / 睡仙
* 睡債 / 睡债
* 睡兀
* 睡功
* 睡午覺 / 睡午觉 (shuìwǔjiào)
* 睡卿
* 睡味
* 睡國 / 睡国
* 睡夢 / 睡梦 (shuìmèng)
* 睡大覺 / 睡大觉
* 睡媒
* 睡寐 (shuìmèi)
* 睡帽 (shuìmào)
* 睡性
* 睡思
* 睡息
* 睡意 (shuìyì)
* 睡態 / 睡态
* 睡懶覺 / 睡懒觉 (shuì lǎnjiào)
* 睡晌覺 / 睡晌觉
* 睡椅 (shuìyǐ)
* 睡榻
* 睡獅 / 睡狮
* 睡王
* 睡理
* 睡生夢死 / 睡生梦死
* 睡病蟲 / 睡病虫
* 睡癖
* 睡相
* 睡眠 (shuìmián)
* 睡眠療法 / 睡眠疗法
* 睡眼
* 睡眼惺忪 (shuìyǎnxīngsōng)
* 睡神
* 睡美人 (Shuìměirén)
* 睡聲 / 睡声
* 睡臉 / 睡脸
* 睡臥 / 睡卧
* 睡臥不寧 / 睡卧不宁
* 睡興 / 睡兴
* 睡草
* 睡菜 (shuìcài)
* 睡著 / 睡着 (shuìzháo)
* 睡蓮 / 睡莲 (shuìlián)
* 睡虎子
* 睡蛇
* 睡衣 (shuìyī)
* 睡袋 (shuìdài)
* 睡袍 (shuìpáo)
* 睡褲 / 睡裤 (shuìkù)
* 睡覺 / 睡觉
* 睡語 / 睡语
* 睡車 / 睡车
* 睡鄉 / 睡乡 (shuìxiāng)
* 睡長夢多 / 睡长梦多
* 睡長覺 / 睡长觉
* 睡雨
* 睡鞋
* 睡頓 / 睡顿
* 睡餘 / 睡余
* 睡香
* 睡魔
* 睡鴨 / 睡鸭
* 睡龍 / 睡龙
* 瞌睡 (kēshuì)
* 瞌睡漢 / 瞌睡汉
* 瞌睡蟲 / 瞌睡虫 (kēshuìchóng)
* 瞌睡鬼
* 破睡
* 磕睡
* 磕睡蟲 / 磕睡虫
* 紅窗睡 / 红窗睡
* 美睡
* 臥榻鼾睡 / 卧榻鼾睡
* 臨睡 / 临睡 (línshuì)
* 袁安睡
* 調睡參軍 / 调睡参军
* 貉睡
* 貪睡 / 贪睡 (tānshuì)
* 起早睡晚
* 酣睡 (hānshuì)
* 醒睡 (xǐngshuì)
* 頓瞌睡 / 顿瞌睡
* 餘睡 / 余睡
* 驚睡 / 惊睡
* 鼾睡 (hānshuì)
* 齁睡
* 龍睡 / 龙睡

### References

* “睡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* sleeping

#### Readings

* Go-on: ずい (zui)
* Kan-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)
* Kun: ねむる (nemuru, 睡る)、ねむり (nemuri)

## Korean
### Hanja

睡 (eumhun 졸음 수 (joreum su))
* hanja form of 수 (“sleeping”)

#### Compounds

* 혼수 (昏睡, honsu, “coma”)
* 수면 (睡眠, sumyeon, “sleep”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

睡: Hán Nôm readings: thụy/thuỵ
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