Chinese word dictionary

叫醒

jiào xǐng · to awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse

Practice word

Word information

Simplified叫醒

Traditional叫醒

Pinyinjiào xǐng

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

叫jiào

cry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail

醒xǐng

to wake up, to startle; to sober up

How to learn 叫醒

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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叫jiào

to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood); variant of 叫[jiao4]

叫作jiàozuò

to call; to be called

提醒tíxǐng

to remind; to call attention to; to warn of

醒xǐng

to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to

清醒qīngxǐng

clear-headed; sober; awake

唤醒huànxǐng

to wake sb; to rouse