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觉: jué (to feel) vs jiào (to sleep)

觉: jué (to feel) vs jiào (to sleep)

Readings 读音

  • jue to feel; to sense; to become aware 觉得 · 感觉 · 知觉 · 直觉 · 自觉 · 察觉
  • jiao4 to sleep; a sleep; a nap 睡觉 · 午觉 · 一觉 · 补觉 · 睡个觉 · 一会儿觉

How it works 讲解

In 觉得 (to think / to feel), 觉 reads jué. In 睡觉 (to sleep), it reads jiào — the neutral-tone second syllable of a very common word. Same character, two lives: one mental, one in bed.

Examples 例句

  1. 你Nǐ觉得juéde这zhè部bù电影diànyǐng怎么样zěnmeyàng？

    What do you think of this movie?

  2. 我Wǒ觉得juéde汉语Hànyǔ的de声调shēngdiào很hěn有意思yǒuyìsi。

    I find the tones of Chinese very interesting.

  3. 他Tā每天měitiān十shí点diǎn上床shàngchuáng睡觉shuìjiào。

    He goes to bed at ten every day.

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