醒 (sing2 seng2 | xing3) : wake up; clever

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醒

sing2 seng2

xing3

[1] [v] wake up; sober up; come round
[2] [v] come to understand; become aware
[3] [adj] clear (in mind); striking; eye-catching
[4] [粵] [adj] clever; smart; showing initiative
[5] [粵] [v] give (guidance, money, a slap); present (award)

Jyutping sing2 is literary reading; seng2 is colloquial.

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Stroke count: 16

Level: 1

Radical: 酉 (#164)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

醒

This word has been viewed 10506 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Jan 2014 05:46

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醒胃 sing2 wai6 = appetising, appetizing 粵

醒唔起 seng2 m4 hei2 xing3 wu2 qi3 = cannot remember, not able to remember 粵

抄醒 caau3 seng2 = wake sb up from sleep 粵

扎醒 zaat3 seng2 zha1 xing3 = wake up suddenly 粵

叫醒 giu3 seng2 jiao4 xing3 = to rouse, waken

提醒 tai4 seng2 ti2 xing3 = to remind; to make aware; to inform

醒目 sing2 muk6 xing3 mu4 = intelligent; showing initiative; eye-catching; awake

醒目仔 sing2 muk6 zai2 xing3 mu4 zai3 = clever child (male) 粵

醒目女 sing2 muk6 neoi5*2 xing3 mu4 nv3 = clever child (female) 粵

覺醒 gok3 seng2 jue2 xing3 = to realise; to dawn upon; to become aware of
See all 45 compounds (CantoDict reports 43 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 5 examples containing 醒

他已經清醒過來國
He has regained consciousness

食酸嘢好醒胃粵
Sour food improves one's appetite.

瞓醒覺,捽一捽對矇忪嘅睡眼. 粵
Rubbing a pair of sleepy eyes after waking up.

我畀成日喊嗰個BB嘈醒咗粵
I was rudely awoken by the baby that just won't stop crying.
[Lit. I by all-day cry that [counter] baby noisy wake-up already]

佢琴晚冇閂窗，一醒發覺身體有四粒蚊𧕴粵
He didn't shut the window yesterday. When he woke up found that he had four mosquito bites.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 醒
Unicode code for this character: U+9192 (off-site link)

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