醒
悟

To come to oneself in Chinese: 醒悟 (xǐng wù)

xǐng wù

to come to oneself

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to come to oneself
  2. 2to come to realize
  3. 3to come to see the truth
  4. 4to wake up to reality

Stroke order

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醒
悟

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄥˇ

xǐng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˇ/ third tone

ㄨˋ

wù

ㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 直到失去以后，他才醒悟过来。

    zhí dào shī qù yǐ hòu， tā cái xǐng wù guò lái。

    Only after losing it did he finally come to his senses.

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Related words

醒

xǐng

to wake up

提醒

tí xǐng

to remind

清醒

qīng xǐng

clear-headed

觉悟

jué wù

to come to understand

惊醒

jīng xǐng

to rouse

觉醒

jué xǐng

to awaken

领悟

lǐng wù

to understand

苏醒

sū xǐng

to come to

醒来

xǐng lái

to waken

醒目

xǐng mù

eye-grabbing (headline)

恍然大悟

huǎng rán dà wù

to suddenly realize

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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