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醉

zuì

HSK 5 Character

What 醉 means

1. intoxicated

Example sentences

• 他醉了。
  He is drunk.
• 我没醉。
  I wasn't drunk.
• 我宿醉了。
  Wǒ sùzuì le.
  I have a hangover.
• 你喝醉了！
  You are drunk!
• 警察醉了。
  The policeman was drunk.
• 他喝醉了。
  He is drunk.

Words starting with 醉

• 醉酒zuì jiǔto get drunk
• 醉人zuì rénintoxicating; fascinating
• 醉意zuì yìtipsiness; signs of intoxication
• 醉汉zuì hànintoxicated man; drunkard
• 醉醺醺zuì xūn xūndrunk; intoxicated
• 醉倒zuì dǎoto pass out drunk
• 醉心zuì xīnenthralled; fascinated
• 醉鬼zuì guǐdrunkard
• 醉生梦死zuì shēng mèng sǐas if drunk or entranced (idiom); leading a befuddled existence; in a drunken stupor
• 醉态zuì tàidrunken state
• 醉圣zuì shèngthe Sage of intoxication; refers to Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai 李白 (701-762)
• 醉鸡zuì jīchicken in rice wine; also translated drunken chicken
• 醉驾zuì jiàto drive while above the legal alcohol limit
• 醉心于zuì xīn yúto be infatuated with
• 醉酒驾车zuì jiǔ jià chēdrunk driving (very high blood alcohol concentration)
• 醉翁zuì wēngwine-lover; drinker; toper
• 醉虾zuì xiādrunken shrimp (Chinese dish based on shrimps marinated in Chinese wine)
• 醉枣zuì zǎodates in liquor
• 醉翁之意不在酒zuì wēng zhī yì bù zài jiǔwine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol…
• 醉熏熏zuì xūn xūnvariant of 醉醺醺

Words containing 醉

• 麻醉má zuìanesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate…
• 陶醉táo zuìto be infatuated with; to be drunk with; to be enchanted with; to revel in
• 喝醉hē zuìto get drunk
• 沉醉chén zuìto become intoxicated
• 酒醉jiǔ zuìto become drunk
• 心醉xīn zuìenchanted; fascinated; charmed
• 如痴如醉rú chī rú zuì(idiom) enthralled; mesmerized; enraptured
• 迷醉mí zuìbewitched; intoxicated by sth
• 烂醉làn zuìdead drunk; completely drunk
• 酩酊大醉mǐng dǐng dà zuì(idiom) dead drunk; plastered; as drunk as a lord
• 纸醉金迷zhǐ zuì jīn mílit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
• 自我陶醉zì wǒ táo zuìself-satisfied; self-imbued; narcissistic
• 麻醉剂má zuì jìan anesthetic; (fig.) a narcotic
• 麻醉药má zuì yàoanesthetic; narcotic
• 宿醉sù zuìhangover
• 买醉mǎi zuìto get drunk; to drown one's sorrows
• 半麻醉bàn má zuìlocal anesthetic; anesthesia to half the body (as for a C-section birth)
• 麻醉学má zuì xuéanesthesiology
• 麻醉师má zuì shīanaesthetist
• 不醉不归bù zuì bù guīlit. to not go home until drunk (idiom); fig. let's make a night of it!
• 全身麻醉quán shēn má zuìgeneral anesthesia
• 局部麻醉jú bù má zuìlocal anesthesia
• 心醉神迷xīn zuì shén míecstatic; enraptured
• 金迷纸醉jīn mí zhǐ zuìlit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury

Characters built on 卒

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

• 碎suì(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken…
• 粹cuìpure; unmixed; essence
• 翠cuìbluish-green; green jade
• 萃cuìcollect; collection; dense
• 淬cuìdip into water; to temper
• 悴cuìhaggard; sad; downcast
• 啐cuìto spit; (onomatopoeia) pshaw!; (old) to sip
• 瘁cuìcare-worn; distressed; tired

Characters that look like 醉

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

• 鲜xiānfresh; bright (in color); delicious
• 粹cuìpure; unmixed; essence
• 醇chúnalcohol; wine with high alcohol content; rich
• 黔qián(literary) black; to blacken
• 鲱fēiPacific herring
• 鲟xúnsturgeon; Acipenser sturio

Sounds the same

Read zuì, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 罪guilt; crime; fault
• 蕞to assemble; small
• 晬1st birthday of a child
• 檇wooden pestle or rammer
• 槜see 槜李; see 槜李