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打瞌睡

dǎ kē shuì

3-character word

What 打瞌睡 means

1. to doze off

The characters in 打瞌睡

• 打dǎa semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects…
• 瞌kēused in 瞌睡
• 睡shuìto sleep; to lie down

Example sentences

• 汤姆在会议期间打瞌睡。
  Tāngmǔ zài huìyì qījiān dǎkēshuì.
  Tom dozed off during the meeting.
• 汤姆在法语课上打瞌睡了。
  Tāngmǔ zài Fǎyǔ kè shàng dǎkēshuì le.
  Tom dozed off in French class.