Chinese word dictionary

睡醒

shuì xǐng · to wake up

Practice word

Word information

Simplified睡醒

Traditional睡醒

Pinyinshuì xǐng

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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

睡shuì

to sleep, to doze

醒xǐng

to wake up, to startle; to sober up

How to learn 睡醒

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

睡shuì

to sleep; to lie down

睡觉shuìjiào

to go to bed; to sleep

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

睡眠shuìmián

sleep; to sleep; (computing) to enter sleep mode

清醒qīngxǐng

clear-headed; sober; awake