Chinese word

叫醒

Pronunciation

Pinyinjiào xǐng

Meaning

  • verbwake up

Example

每天早上妈妈都会叫醒我。měi tiān zǎo shàng mā mā dū huì jiào xǐng wǒ

Every morning, Mom wakes me up.

Illustration for 叫醒 (wake up)

More examples

酒店可以提供叫醒电话，前台会按时叫醒客人。jiǔ diàn ké yǐ tí gōng jiào xǐng diàn huà qián tái huì àn shí jiào xǐng kè rén

The hotel can provide a wake-up call, and the front desk will wake guests on time.

Core concept

A person or sound pulls someone out of sleep so that the person is awake and ready to rise.

Common phrases

  • 被闹钟叫醒bèi nào zhōng jiào xǐng

    be woken up by an alarm clock

  • 叫醒宝宝jiào xǐng báo bǎo

    wake the baby

Similar words

醒来xǐng lái: Waking up naturally and becoming fully awake after sleep.
起床qǐ chuáng: Getting out of bed and leaving it after sleeping.
吵醒cháo xǐng: Waking a sleeping person through loud noise or other disruptive sounds.
惊醒jīng xǐng: Suddenly waking from sleep because of fright or another shock.

Definition in Chinese

通过喊叫、拍打、闹钟等方式使人从睡梦中醒来，侧重于把人叫起来这一动作。tōng guò hǎn jiào pāi dǎ nào zhōng děng fāng shì shǐ rén cóng shuì mèng zhōng xǐng lái cè zhòng yú bǎ rén jiào qǐ lái zhè yí dòng zuò

Word origin

The compound 叫醒 (jiàoxǐng, "wake up") joins 叫 (jiào, "call") and 醒 (xǐng, "wake up"), linking a calling action with the result of leaving sleep.

Usage tips

  • As a transitive verb, it normally takes the person who becomes awake as its object, so a speaker reporting a personal change of state uses a different construction.

Other meanings

  • get someone upverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 叫醒器jiào xǐng qìalarm clocknoun
  • 叫醒电话jiào xǐng diàn huàwake-up callnoun

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