kē shuì chóng

Traditional: 瞌睡蟲

瞌睡虫 (kē shuì chóng) is a Chinese word meaning “mythological insect that makes people doze off; (fig.) drowsiness; (coll.) person who loves sleeping”.

Meanings

  1. 1mythological insect that makes people doze off
  2. 2(fig.) drowsiness
  3. 3(coll.) person who loves sleeping
  4. 4sleepaholic

Characters in 瞌睡虫

瞌kē · used in 瞌睡[ke1 shui4]睡shuì · to sleep虫chóng · lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures

Related words

睡to sleep睡觉to go to bed虫lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures虫variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]睡着to fall asleep虫子insect睡眠sleep睡衣night clothes入睡to fall asleep昆虫insect寄生虫parasite (biology)可怜虫pitiful creature

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