Why does the Chinese word for "To sleep" sound like
Shway-jee-ow?!

睡觉

The Real Meaning

In Mandarin Chinese, the character 睡觉 (pronounced as shuì jiào) actually translates to To sleep.

The Funny Part

Be VERY careful. 水饺 (shuǐ jiǎo) means dumplings. Different tone = sleeping vs. eating dumplings.

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Nice Teacher says...

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睡觉 means to sleep! Be careful though — 水饺 (shuǐ jiǎo) with different tones means dumplings! Tones matter!