Chinese word dictionary

苏醒

sūxǐng · to come to; to awaken; to regain consciousness

Practice word

Word information

Simplified苏醒

Traditional甦醒

Pinyinsūxǐng

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

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

苏sū

to awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used in transliterations

醒xǐng

to wake up, to startle; to sober up

How to learn 苏醒

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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Words with the same characters

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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

复苏fùsū

to recover (health, economic); to resuscitate; anabiosis; variant of 復甦|复苏[fu4 su1]; to recover (health, economic); to resuscitate; anabiosis

唤醒huànxǐng

to wake sb; to rouse

觉醒juéxǐng

to awaken; to come to realize; awakened to the truth; the truth dawns upon one; scales fall from the eyes; to become aware