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How to Say ‘Are you tired?’ in Simplified Chinese

累不累?

lèi bù lèi

[lay bù lay]

💬 Usage Tip: Saying an adjective, then 不, then the adjective again makes a yes/no question with no question word needed. Try 好不好 "is it good?" or 忙不忙 "are you busy?"

Phrase Breakdown

累

lèi

[lay]

tired

An adjective meaning physically or mentally tired.

Example

我今天很累。

I am very tired today.

不

bù

[bù]

not

Used to form the negative of verbs.

Example

他不想参与。

He does not want to participate.

累

lèi

[lay]

tired

An adjective meaning physically or mentally tired.

Example

我今天很累。

I am very tired today.

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