提醒 meaning in English

tíxǐng

to remind; to call attention to

HSK 428 strokes

Meaning of 提醒

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tíxǐng

to remind
to call attention to
to warn of

How to use 提醒

提醒 is a common verb, usually in the pattern 提醒 + person + to do something. It also works as a noun meaning a reminder or alert, as in phone notifications. Example: 别忘了提醒我买牛奶。(Bié wàng le tíxǐng wǒ mǎi niúnǎi.) Don't forget to remind me to buy milk.

提 (tí) means to lift or raise, and 醒 (xǐng) means to wake up. To remind someone is to lift a thought up and wake it up in their mind.

Common mistake: Learners often write 醒 with the wrong left side. It uses 酉 (the wine radical), not 目 or 日, and the right side is 星 (xīng). Also keep the third tone on xǐng, not the first tone of 星.

提醒 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

让ràng我wǒ再zài次cì提tí醒xǐng你nǐ3月yuè31日rì是shì到dào期qī日rì。

Let me remind you again that March 31st is the due date.

我wǒ会huì提tí醒xǐng你nǐ的de。

I'll remind you.

汤tāng姆mǔ不bù得de不bù提tí醒xǐng玛mǎ丽lì亚yà喂wèi狗gǒu。

Tom had to remind Mary to feed the dog.

如rú果guǒ我wǒ忘wàng记jì了le请qǐng提tí醒xǐng我wǒ。

In case I forget, please remind me.

幸xìng好hǎo你nǐ提tí醒xǐng我wǒ，不bù然rán我wǒ永yǒng远yuǎn记jì不bù起qǐ来lái了le。

Good that you told me, otherwise I would never have remembered it.

Stroke order for each character

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提 tí · to carry · 12 strokes

醒 xǐng · to wake up · 16 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 提醒.

提到	tídào	to mention; to raise (a subject)
提出	tíchū	to raise (an issue); to propose
提高	tígāo	to raise; to increase
提前	tíqián	to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time
提问	tíwèn	to question; to quiz; to grill
提供	tígōng	to offer; to supply
清醒	qīngxǐng	clear-headed; sober
提起	tíqǐ	to mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise
提示	tíshì	to point out; to remind (sb of sth)
前提	qiántí	premise; precondition
提倡	tíchàng	to promote; to advocate
提升	tíshēng	to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist

Questions about 提醒

What does 提醒 mean?

提醒 (tíxǐng) means "to remind; to call attention to".

How do you write 提醒?

提醒 is made of 2 characters: 提 (12 strokes), 醒 (16 strokes). That is 28 strokes in total.

Is 提醒 an HSK word?

Yes. 提醒 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

What is the difference between 提醒 and 记得?

提醒 means one person helps another remember something. 记得 (jìde) means you yourself remember. So you say 请提醒我 (please remind me), but 我记得 (I remember).

How do I say 'thanks for the reminder' in Chinese?

You can say 谢谢你的提醒 (xièxie nǐ de tíxǐng) or 谢谢提醒 (xièxie tíxǐng). Both are natural in speech and in messages.