睡
shuì HSK1

sleep

睡 shuì
to sleep verb
to sleep; to go to sleep; to enter a state of rest

我不能和我老公睡吗？

wǒ bù​néng hé wǒ lǎo​gōng shuì ma?

Can't I sleep with my husband?

你不必睡在地板上。

nǐ bù​bì shuì zài dì​bǎn shang.

You don't have to sleep on the floor.

for sleeping verb
used for or while sleeping (e.g., pajamas, nightgowns)
to lie down verb
to lie down; to recline on a bed or similar surface, often implying the capacity for a certain number of people to fit

他们不睡一张床。

tā​men bù shuì yī zhāng chuáng.

They don't sleep in the same bed.

[surname]
(Taiwan) a Chinese surname

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Frequency
Character
Written text
964th most common 172.7 per million
Movie subtitles
471st most common 311.7 per million appears in 68% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
239.4 per million appears in 51% of films
Written text
237.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+7761

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)