Chinese symbol for “drowsiness”
瞌睡虫
kē shuì chóng
Traditional: 瞌睡蟲
mythological insect that makes people doze off; (fig.) drowsiness; (coll.) person who loves sleeping; sleepaholic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for drowsiness is 瞌睡虫 (kē shuì chóng), defined as: mythological insect that makes people doze off; (fig.) drowsiness; (coll.) person who loves sleeping; sleepaholic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “drowsiness”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瞌睡虫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打瞌睡 | dǎ kē shuì | to doze; to nod off |
| 瞌睡 | kē shuì | drowsy; to doze |
| 睡觉 (睡覺) | shuì jiào | to go to bed; to sleep |
| 睡眠 | shuì mián | sleep; to sleep |
| 睡着 (睡著) | shuì zháo | to fall asleep |
| 入睡 | rù shuì | to fall asleep |
| 睡衣 | shuì yī | night clothes; pajamas |
| 沉睡 | chén shuì | to be fast asleep; (fig.) to lie dormant; to lie undiscovered |
| 昆虫 (昆蟲) | kūn chóng | insect; 只 (zhī),群 (qún),堆 (duī) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “drowsiness”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.