Kāfēi ràng wǒ zài chénmèn de yīnyuèhuì zhōng bǎochí qīngxǐng.
The coffee kept me awake through the dull concert.
Sentence #846005 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 清醒 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.
清qīngclear; clean
氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
青blue-green · qīngSound part
氵 hints at the meaning (water); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qīng.
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 清醒
清 11 strokes · 醒 16 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 清醒 (qīngxǐng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
清醒 (qīngxǐng) means “sober” or “clear-headed”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qīngxǐng: qīng with a 1st 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.
Yes. 清醒 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingxing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 清醒 from the suggestions. Typing qingxing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
清醒 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
清qīng1st tone, high and level
醒xǐng3rd tone, dipping
