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清醒

qīng xǐng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

清醒 (qīng xǐng) means "clear-headed". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 清醒 means

1. clear-headed
2. sober
3. awake

The characters in 清醒

• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 醒xǐngto wake up; to be awake; to become aware

Example sentences

• 我很清醒。
  Wǒ hěn qīngxǐng.
  I'm sober.
• 我们很清醒。
  We're wide awake.
• 我当时非常清醒。
  Wǒ dāngshí fēicháng qīngxǐng.
  I was very sober at the time.
• 汤姆给自己浇凉水以清醒过来。
  Tāngmǔ gěi zìjǐ jiāo liángshuǐ yǐ qīngxǐng guòlai.
  Tom poured cold water over himself to wake himself up.
• 咖啡让我在沉闷的音乐会中保持清醒。
  Kāfēi ràng wǒ zài chénmèn de yīnyuèhuì zhòngbǎo chí qīngxǐng.
  The coffee enabled me to stay awake during the dull concert.
• 世界上任何人的独自活动，都是清醒而目标明确的，然而一旦被生活的洪流聚在一起，就变得混沌不清了。
  All individuals in the world act with clear goals and distinct intentions. But once these actions are brought together by the great torrents of life, clarity recedes and chaos ensues.

Words starting with 清醒

• 清醒梦qīng xǐng mènglucid dream

Words containing 清醒

• 人间清醒rén jiān qīng xǐng(neologism c. 2021) to keep one's senses; not get carried away…

Where 清醒 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qíng–qīng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qīng xǐng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.