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醒

xǐng

HSK 4 Character

What 醒 means

1. to wake up
2. to be awake
3. to become aware
4. to sober up
5. to come to

Example sentences

• 醒醒！
  Wake up!
• 她醒了。
  She woke up.
• 醒醒吧。
  Get real.
• 我很清醒。
  Wǒ hěn qīngxǐng.
  I'm sober.
• 她醒来了。
  She woke up.
• 你醒了吗？
  Are you awake?

Words starting with 醒

• 醒来xǐng láito waken
• 醒目xǐng mùeye-grabbing (headline); striking (illustration)
• 醒悟xǐng wùto come to oneself; to come to realize; to come to see the truth
• 醒酒xǐng jiǔto dissipate the effects of alcohol; to sober up
• 醒转xǐng zhuǎnto wake up; to regain consciousness
• 醒面xǐng miànto let the dough rest
• 醒世恒言Xǐng shì Héng yánStories to Awaken the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 冯梦龙
• 醒豁xǐng huòclear; unambiguous

Words containing 醒

• 提醒tí xǐngto remind; to call attention to; to warn of
• 清醒qīng xǐngclear-headed; sober; awake
• 觉醒jué xǐngto awaken; to come to realize; awakened to the truth
• 苏醒sū xǐngto come to; to awaken; to regain consciousness
• 惊醒jīng xǐngto rouse; to be woken by sth; to wake with a start
• 唤醒huàn xǐngto wake sb; to rouse
• 叫醒jiào xǐngto awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse
• 吵醒chǎo xǐngto wake sb up with a noise
• 睡醒shuì xǐngto wake up
• 警醒jǐng xǐngto be alert
• 半梦半醒bàn mèng bàn xǐnghalf-awake; half-asleep
• 摇醒yáo xǐngto shake (sb) awake
• 酒醒jiǔ xǐngto sober up
• 灵醒líng xǐng(of senses, mind etc) alert; keen; clear-minded
• 点醒diǎn xǐngto point out; to draw sb's attention to sth; to cause sb to have a realization
• 提醒物tí xǐng wùreminder
• 自然醒zì rán xǐngto wake up naturally (without an alarm)
• 人间清醒rén jiān qīng xǐng(neologism c. 2021) to keep one's senses; not get carried away…
• 叫醒服务jiào xǐng fú wùmorning call; wake-up call (hotel service)
• 提神醒脑tí shén xǐng nǎoto refresh and clear the mind (idiom); invigorating; bracing
• 清醒梦qīng xǐng mènglucid dream
• 弄醒nòng xǐngto wake sb up
• 猛醒měng xǐngto realize suddenly; to wake up to the truth; to suddenly awake from sleep
• 昏迷不醒hūn mí bù xǐngto remain unconscious

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.

• 猩xīngape
• 腥xīngfishy (smell)
• 惺xīng(literary) to come to one's senses; to awaken; (literary) astute; sharp-witted

Characters that look like 醒

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

• 醋cùvinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)
• 醛quánaldehyde
• 踞jùto be based upon; to squat
• 糠kānghusk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
• 颞nièbones of the temple (on the human head); see 颞颥, temple
• 赭zhěocher

Sounds the same

Read xǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 省(bound form) to scrutinize; (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct)…
• 擤to blow one's nose