觉 (jiào) — sleep | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Here 觉 (jiào) is a colloquial way to say "fall asleep" — used after 睡, as in 睡了觉. The common reading jué covers "feel / sense."

verb

sleep

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Tā shuì jiào le, bié chǎo xǐng tā.
He has fallen asleep; don't wake him up.
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Xiǎo bǎo bao gāng shuì jiào, wǒ men jiù qīng shēng shuō huà ba.
The baby just fell asleep, so let's speak softly.
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Měi tiān wǔ fàn hòu tā dōu huì shuì jiào yí huì r.
After lunch every day he will sleep for a while.

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