HSK 4 · Verbs

提醒 tíxǐng “to remind” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 提醒 means

  1. to remind
  2. to call attention to
  3. to warn of

How to say 提醒

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale提tí2nd 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

提醒 in a sentence

  1. 请提醒我明天把报告寄了。

    Qǐng tíxǐng wǒ míngtiān bǎ bàogào jì le.

    Please remind me to post the report tomorrow.

    Sentence #819820 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 幸好你提醒我，不然我永远记不起来了。

    Xìnghǎo nǐ tíxǐng wǒ, bùrán wǒ yǒngyuǎn jì bu qǐlái le.

    Luckily you reminded me, or I’d never have remembered.

    Sentence #5624922 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我会提醒你的。

    Wǒ huì tíxǐng nǐ de.

    I’ll remind you.

    Sentence #10580080 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 提醒 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 提 (tí) with each of its parts in a different colour
提títo carry
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 是to be · shìSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 是 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with tí.

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 提醒

提 12 strokes · 醒 16 strokes

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

Words related to 提醒

Words with 提

提高tígāo · to raise提tí · to carry提供tígōng · to offer提前tíqián · to bring forward提出tíchū · to put forward提问tíwèn · to question提倡tíchàng · to promote提纲tígāng · outline提示tíshì · to prompt提议tíyì · to propose

Words with 醒

醒xǐng · to wake up苏醒sūxǐng · to regain consciousness清醒qīngxǐng · sober觉醒juéxǐng · to awaken

More words: Thinking & Talking

熟悉shúxī · to be familiar with说明shuōmíng · to explain谈tán · to speak讨论tǎolùn · to discuss填空tiánkòng · to fill in the blanks (on a form or test)通知tōngzhī · to notify误会wùhuì · to misunderstand邀请yāoqǐng · to invite

FAQs

提醒 (tíxǐng) means “to remind” or “to call attention to”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it tíxǐng: tí 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.
Yes. 提醒 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tixing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 提醒 from the suggestions. Typing tixing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
提醒 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.