HSK 4 · Verbs

醒 xǐng “to wake up” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 醒 means

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

How to say 醒

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale醒xǐng3rd tone, dipping

醒 in a sentence

  1. 你醒了吗？

    Nǐ xǐng le ma?

    Are you awake?

    Sentence #5580992 from Tatoeba

  2. 我今天很早就醒了。

    Wǒ jīntiān hěn zǎo jiù xǐng le.

    I woke up early today.

    Sentence #767085 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我睡觉很浅，容易醒。

    Wǒ shuìjiào hěn qiǎn, róngyì xǐng.

    I’m a light sleeper; I wake up easily.

    Sentence #1877278 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 醒 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 醒 (xǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
醒xǐngto wake up
  • 酉wine vessel · yǒuMeaning part
  • 星star · xīngSound part

酉 hints at the meaning (wine vessel); 星 (xīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xǐng.

How to write 醒

醒 16 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

醒 (xǐng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 醒 (xǐng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 醒

Words with 醒

提醒tíxǐng · to remind苏醒sūxǐng · to regain consciousness清醒qīngxǐng · sober觉醒juéxǐng · to awaken

More words: Common Verbs

吸引xīyǐn · to attract相反xiāngfǎn · opposite响xiǎng · echo行xíng · OK兴奋xīngfèn · excited演出yǎnchū · to act (in a play)养成yǎngchéng · to cultivate引起yǐnqǐ · to give rise to

FAQs

醒 (xǐng) means “to wake up” or “to be awake”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it xǐng: xǐng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 醒 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 醒 from the suggestions. Typing xing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
醒 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.