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惺

xīng

Character

What 惺 means

1. literaryto come to one's senses; to awaken
2. literaryastute; sharp-witted

Words starting with 惺

• 惺忪xīng sōngdrowsy-eyed; (literary) wavering; indecisive; (literary) awake; conscious; clearheaded
• 惺惺xīng xīng(literary) awake; (literary) intelligent; clever
• 惺惺作态xīng xīng zuò tài(idiom) to put on an act
• 惺惺相惜xīng xīng xiāng xī(lit.) people of talent appreciate one another (idiom)…
• 惺松xīng sōngvariant of 惺忪
• 惺惺惜惺惺xīng xīng xī xīng xīngsee 惺惺相惜

Words containing 惺

• 睡眼惺忪shuì yǎn xīng sōng(idiom) sleepy-eyed; still half asleep
• 假惺惺jiǎ xīng xīng(of an expression of sympathy) insincere; phony

Characters built on 星

These share the phonetic component 星 (xīng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 醒xǐngto wake up; to be awake; to become aware
• 猩xīngape
• 腥xīngfishy (smell)

Characters that look like 惺

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 像xiàngto resemble; to be like; to look as if
• 缓huǎnslow; unhurried; sluggish
• 缆lǎncable; hawser; to moor
• 催cuīto urge; to press; to prompt
• 慑shè(bound form) to fear; to be cowed; (bound form) to frighten; to intimidate; Taiwan pr. zhé
• 愠yùnindignant; feel hurt

Sounds the same

Read xīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 星star; heavenly body; satellite
• 腥fishy (smell)
• 兴to rise; to flourish; to become popular
• 猩ape
• 煋(literary) (of a fire) fierce; intense; blazing; (literary) to radiate light in all…
• 骍horse (or cattle) of reddish color; bay horse
• 㽮old variant of 星
• 曐old variant of 星
• 皨old variant of 星