打瞌睡 (dǎ kē shuì) — to doze off; to nod off

Definición

A colloquial verb meaning 'to doze off / nod off', usually unintentionally for a moment. Note the measure word: one brief nap is 打了一个瞌睡.

verb

to doze offto nod off

打瞌睡，。
Shàng kè shí bú yào dǎ kē shuì, rèn zhēn tīng jiǎng.
Don't doze off in class; listen carefully.
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Tā zuó wǎn méi shuì hǎo, jīn tiān kāi huì shí dǎ le yí gè kē shuì.
He didn't sleep well last night, so he dozed off once during today's meeting.
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Tài kùn le, wǒ zuò zài shā fā shàng kàn diàn shì jiù dǎ qǐ kē shuì lái le.
I was so sleepy that I started dozing off while sitting on the sofa watching TV.

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