粵

瞌hap1眼ngaan5瞓fan3

hap1 ngaan5 fan3kē yǎn xùn

English

  1. feeling sleepy
  2. to doze off; to feel drowsy

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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