Definition
睡熟 means 'to sleep soundly' or 'to be in a deep sleep.' This is a verb-complement structure (动结式) where 睡 is the action and 熟 indicates the depth of sleep. It can be split to insert 得 (indicating possibility/degree) or 不 (impossibility): 睡得熟 ('can sleep soundly') and 睡不熟 ('can't fall into deep sleep'). The character 熟 is often pronounced shóu in colloquial speech (as reflected in the pinyin here), though in formal contexts shú is also common. This is a separable pattern, so be comfortable placing other words between the two characters.
r.v.
to sleep soundly / to sleep deeply
Examples
- 睡熟,。Wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang shuì shóu le, yìzhí méi xǐng.I slept soundly last night and didn't wake up at all.
- ,。Tā tài lèi le, shuì de hěn shóu.He was so tired that he slept very deeply.
- ,。Wǒ zuówǎn shuì bù shóu, zǒng shì xǐng.I couldn't sleep soundly last night; I kept waking up.
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