I opened one eye.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
睁开
to open (one's eyes)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to open (one's eyes)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 睁开 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 睁开 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I opened one eye.
Keep your eyes closed until I tell you to open them.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 睁开.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 睁开.
Directly before
- 我睁开2
- 不能睁开1
- 你睁开1
- 没睁开1
Directly after
- 睁开我1
- 睁开为止1
- 睁开呢1
- 睁开一只1
- 睁开了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 睁开
What does 睁开 mean in Chinese?
睁开 (zhēngkāi) means to open (one's eyes).
How do you pronounce 睁开?
睁开 is pronounced zhēngkāi.
Is 睁开 an HSK word?
睁开 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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