HSK 6 · Ideas

觉醒 juéxǐng “to awaken” in Chinese

Traditional 覺醒

What 觉醒 means

  1. to awaken
  2. awakening
  3. to come to realise
  4. awakened to the truth
  5. the truth dawns upon one
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • scales fall from the eyes
  • to become aware

How to say 觉醒

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale觉jué2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale醒xǐng3rd tone, dipping

觉醒 in a sentence

  1. 他终于觉醒了，开始认真学习。

    Tā zhōngyú juéxǐng le, kāishǐ rènzhēn xuéxí.

    He finally woke up to himself and started studying seriously.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这本书让很多人的环保意识觉醒了。

    Zhè běn shū ràng hěn duō rén de huánbǎo yìshi juéxǐng le.

    This book awakened many people’s environmental awareness.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 觉醒 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 觉 (jué) with each of its parts in a different colour
觉juéto feel
  • ⺍small form of 小 · xiǎoSound part
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 见to see · jiànMeaning part

见 hints at the meaning (to see); ⺍ (xiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with jué.

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 觉醒

觉 9 strokes · 醒 16 strokes

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

Words related to 觉醒

Words with 觉

睡觉shuìjiào · to sleep觉得juéde · to feel感觉gǎnjué · feeling自觉zìjué · conscious嗅觉xiùjué · sense of smell知觉zhījué · perception发觉fājué · to discover觉悟juéwù · awareness

Words with 醒

醒xǐng · to wake up提醒tíxǐng · to remind苏醒sūxǐng · to regain consciousness清醒qīngxǐng · sober

More words: Ideas & Concepts

机遇jīyù · opportunity局部júbù · part举动jǔdòng · act觉悟juéwù · awareness局面júmiàn · situation局势júshì · situation (esp. political or military)举世瞩目jǔshìzhǔmù · to attract worldwide attention局限júxiàn · to limit

FAQs

觉醒 (juéxǐng) means “to awaken” or “awakening”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it juéxǐng: jué with a 2nd tone, then xǐng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 觉醒 is written 覺醒. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type juexing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 觉醒 from the suggestions. Typing juexing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
觉醒 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.