惊醒 (驚醒)
jīng xǐng
Pinyin

Definition

惊醒 (驚醒)
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jīng xǐng
  1. to rouse
  2. to be woken by sth
  3. to wake with a start
  4. to sleep lightly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

醒
xǐng
  1. 1 to wake up
  2. 2 to be awake
  3. 3 to become aware
  4. 4 to sober up
  5. 5 to come to
叫醒
jiào xǐng
  1. 1 to awaken
  2. 2 to wake sb up
  3. 3 to rouse
吵醒
chǎo xǐng
  1. 1 to wake sb up with a noise
提醒
tí xǐng
  1. 1 to remind
  2. 2 to call attention to
  3. 3 to warn of
清醒
qīng xǐng
  1. 1 clear-headed
  2. 2 sober
  3. 3 awake

Idioms (1)

提神醒脑
tí shén xǐng nǎo
  1. 1 to refresh and clear the mind (idiom)
  2. 2 invigorating
  3. 3 bracing

Sample Sentences

怎么没有？上次我宝宝一直半夜惊醒，大哭。我妈非说是因为清明节了，宝宝看到了不干净的东西。在家里弄了一碗水，把三根筷子放进去，开始叫那些过世亲人的名字。一直叫到筷子能竖起来为止。
zěnme méiyǒu ？shàngcì wǒ bǎobao yīzhí bànyè jīngxǐng ，dà kū 。wǒ mā fēishuō shì yīnwèi Qīngmíngjié le ，bǎobao kàndào le bù gānjìng de dōngxi 。zài jiālǐ nòng le yī wǎn shuǐ ，bǎ sān gēn kuàizi fàng jìnqù ，kāishǐ jiào nàxiē guòshì qīnrén de míngzi 。yīzhí jiào dào kuàizi néng shùqǐlái wéizhǐ 。
How can there not be? Last time my baby kept crying in the middle of the night, my mom insisted that it was because of Tomb Sweeping Day, and that the baby had seen something that wasn't right. She put a bowl of water in our house and put three chopsticks into it, then began to call out the names of relatives who had passed away. She kept calling their names to the chopsticks to get them to rise.
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