He is out of control when drunk.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
醉酒
to get drunk
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to get drunk
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 醉酒 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 醉酒 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Tom told Mary that she should quit pretending to be intoxicated.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 醉酒.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 醉酒.
Directly before
- 假装醉酒1
- 他醉酒1
Directly after
- 醉酒后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 醉酒
What does 醉酒 mean in Chinese?
醉酒 (zuìjiǔ) means to get drunk.
How do you pronounce 醉酒?
醉酒 is pronounced zuìjiǔ.
Is 醉酒 an HSK word?
醉酒 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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