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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

醒来

xǐnglái

to waken

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to waken

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 醒来 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 醒来 appears in 27 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

我从梦中醒来。wǒ cóng mèng zhōng xǐng lái。

I awoke from a dream.

我今天早上五点醒来。wǒ jīn tiān zǎo shàng wǔ diǎn xǐng lái。

I woke up at five this morning.

安静,否则婴儿会醒来。ān jìng, fǒu zé yīng ér huì xǐng lái。

Be quiet, or the baby will wake up.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 醒来.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 醒来.

Directly before

  • 你醒来3
  • 我醒来2
  • 中醒来2
  • 会醒来2
  • 汤姆醒来2

Directly after

  • 醒来的5
  • 醒来了3
  • 醒来后2
  • 醒来愁1
  • 醒来就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 醒来

What does 醒来 mean in Chinese?

醒来 (xǐnglái) means to waken.

How do you pronounce 醒来?

醒来 is pronounced xǐnglái.

Is 醒来 an HSK word?

醒来 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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