着 – vocab dash

着zháo

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Meanings

1. to touch

2. to come in contact with

3. to feel

4. to be affected by

5. to catch fire

6. to burn

7. (coll.) to fall asleep

8. (after a verb) hitting the mark

9. succeeding in

Characters used

着to make a move

Examples19

为什么wèishénme你nǐ昨晚zuówǎn睡shuì不bù着zháo？

Why couldn't you sleep last night?

你nǐ害怕hàipà睡shuì着zháo吗ma？

Are you afraid to go to sleep?

我wǒ累lèi了le，但是dànshì我wǒ睡shuì不bù著zháo。

I was tired, but I couldn't sleep.

完全wánquán睡shuì不bù着zháo。

I can't sleep at all.

我wǒ今晚jīnwǎn睡shuì不bù着zháo。

I can't sleep tonight.

把bǎ灯dēng关guān了le。我wǒ睡shuì不bù着zháo。

Switch off the light. I can't get to sleep.