Sleep = 睡觉 [shuì jiào]

Night falls, the moon smiles over the rooftop, and inside the house someone in bed is already snoring. Time to 睡觉.

睡觉 (shuìjiào) means “to sleep” or “to go to bed.” 睡 is to sleep, and 觉 here means a sleep. The same 觉 is read jué in 觉得 (juéde), to feel.

Because 睡觉 is a verb plus its object, words can go in between: 睡了一个好觉 (shuì le yí ge hǎo jiào), had a good sleep.

我十一点睡觉。 — Wǒ shíyī diǎn shuìjiào. — I go to bed at eleven.

孩子在睡觉。 — Háizi zài shuìjiào. — The child is asleep.