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睁

zhēng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 睜

What 睁 means

1. to open (one's eyes)

Example sentences

• 睁开眼睛。
  Open your eyes.
• 你睁着眼吗？
  Nǐ zhēng zhuóyǎn ma?
  Are your eyes open?
• 请睁开眼睛。
  Open your eyes, please.
• 睁大你的眼睛。
  Zhēng dà nǐ de yǎnjing.
  Keep your eyes open.
• 他睁着眼睡觉。
  Tā zhēng zhe yǎn shuìjiào.
  He sleeps with his eyes open.
• 睁大你的眼睛！
  Zhēng dà nǐ de yǎnjing!
  Keep your eyes wide open!

Words starting with 睁

• 睁开zhēng kāito open (one's eyes)
• 睁眼zhēng yǎnto open one's eyes
• 睁眼瞎zhēng yǎn xiāan illiterate; sb who has blurred vision; sb who is willfully blind
• 睁只眼闭只眼zhēng zhī yǎn bì zhī yǎnto turn a blind eye
• 睁眼说瞎话zhēng yǎn shuō xiā huà(idiom) to lie through one's teeth; to talk drivel
• 睁一眼闭一眼zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎnto turn a blind eye
• 睁着眼睛说瞎话zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà(idiom) to lie through one's teeth; to talk drivel
• 睁一只眼闭一只眼zhēng yī zhī yǎn bì yī zhī yǎnto turn a blind eye

Words containing 睁

• 眼睁睁yǎn zhēng zhēngto stare blankly; to look on helplessly; to look on unfeelingly
• 目睁口呆mù zhēng kǒu dāistunned; dumbstruck

Characters built on 争

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

• 挣zhèngto struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
• 筝zhēngsee 古筝
• 狰zhēngused in 狰狞
• 铮zhēngclang of metals; small gong
• 峥zhēngused in 峥嵘
• 诤zhèngto admonish; to warn sb of their errors; to criticize frankly

Characters that look like 睁

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

• 停tíngto stop; to halt; to park (a car)
• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 淬cuìdip into water; to temper
• 睇dì(literary) to cast a sidelong glance; (dialect) to see; to look at
• 悴cuìhaggard; sad; downcast
• 殚dānentirely; to exhaust

Sounds the same

Read zhēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 争to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 征journey; trip; expedition
• 蒸to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 怔(bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken
• 正first month of the lunar year
• 挣used in 挣扎
• 症abdominal tumor; bowel obstruction; (fig.) sticking point
• 铮clang of metals; small gong
• 丁used in 丁丁
• 狰used in 狰狞
• 钲gong used to halt troops
• 峥used in 峥嵘