瞌眼瞓
hap1 ngaan5 fan3kē yǎn xùn
English
- feeling sleepy
- to doze off; to feel drowsy
粵語 — Cantonese
- 感到好想瞓覺,徘徊喺瞓着同清醒嘅狀態之間
Examples
我一聽佢講書就瞌眼瞓。
As soon as he starts talking in the lecture, I doze off.
佢返學嗰陣成日都瞌眼瞓。
He is always taking a nap at school.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
公司靜到我爭啲喺張枱度瞌眼瞓。
The office was so silent that I nearly dozed off at my desk.
我尋晚冇乜點瞓過,所以今日成日返工都喺度瞌眼瞓。
I didn't get much sleep last night so I was nodding off all day at work.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk