醒
来

To waken in Chinese: 醒来 (xǐng lái)

xǐng lái

to waken

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 醒來1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to waken

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醒
来

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄥˇ

xǐng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˇ/ third tone

ㄌㄞˊ

lái

ㄌ/ lㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

醒来

Simplified

醒來

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我今天早上很早就醒来了。

    wǒ jīn tiān zǎo shàng hěn zǎo jiù xǐng lái le。

    I woke up very early this morning.

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Related words

来

lái

to come

醒

xǐng

to wake up

本来

běn lái

original

从来

cóng lái

always

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

提醒

tí xǐng

to remind

原来

yuán lái

original

看来

kàn lai

apparently

来自

lái zì

to come from (a place)

未来

wèi lái

future

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