Definition
醒 (xǐng) is the everyday verb for waking up from sleep or sobering up after drinking. Unlike 苏醒 (sūxǐng), which is more formal and used for regaining consciousness after fainting or for nature reviving, 醒 covers ordinary daily transitions like waking up or coming to your senses.
verb
to wake upto be awaketo sober upto come to one's senses
Easily confused
- 腥xīnglook-alikefishy (smell or taste)
- 行xíngsound-alike(verb) to walk; to go
- 性xìngsound-alike(suffix) forms abstract nouns from adjectives or verbs, indicating a quality, property, or state
- 姓xìngsound-alike(noun) surname, family name
Examples
- 。Wǒ zǎoshang liù diǎn xǐng lái.I wake up at six in the morning.
- ，醒。Tā hē le hěn duō jiǔ, xiànzài hái méi xǐng.He drank a lot and still hasn't sobered up.
- 醒，。Nǐ zhōngyú xǐng guòlái le, zhè jiàn shì shì nǐ cuò le.You finally came to your senses; this matter is your fault.
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