shuì yǎn xīng sōng

睡眼惺忪 (shuì yǎn xīng sōng) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) sleepy-eyed; still half asleep”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) sleepy-eyed; still half asleep

Characters in 睡眼惺忪

睡shuì · to sleep眼yǎn · eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])惺xīng · (literary) to come to one's senses; to awaken忪sōng · used in 惺忪[xing1 song1]

Related words

睡to sleep眼睛eye睡觉to go to bed眼eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])眼神expression or emotion showing in one's eyes眼前before one's eyes眼镜spectacles睡着to fall asleep亲眼with one's own eyes眼泪tear; teardrop睡眠sleep眼中in (sb's) eyes

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