醒来 meaning in English

xǐnglai

to waken

HSK 7-9Traditional 醒來23 strokes

Meaning of 醒来

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xǐnglái
  1. to waken

醒来 in example sentences

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

我wǒ早zǎo上shàng总zǒng是shì大dà约yuē七qī点diǎn钟zhōng醒xǐng来lái。
In the morning I always wake up around seven o'clock.
我wǒ从cóng梦mèng中zhōng醒xǐng来lái。
I awoke from a dream.
你nǐ醒xǐng来lái了le吗ma?
Are you awake?
你nǐ醒xǐng来lái了le没méi?
Have you woken up?
她tā醒xǐng来lái了le。
She woke up.

Stroke order for each character

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醒 xǐng · to wake up · 16 strokes

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来 lái · to come · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 醒来.

回来huíláito return; to come back
起来qǐláito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
出来chūláito come out; to appear
进来jìnláito come in
来到láidàoto arrive; to come
过来guòláito come over; to manage
带来dàiláito bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
来自láizìto come from (a place); From: (in email header)
原来yuánláioriginal; former; originally; formerly; at first
后来hòuláiafterwards; later; newly arrived
接下来jiē xiàláito accept; to take
越来越yuè lái yuèmore and more

Questions about 醒来

What does 醒来 mean?

醒来 (xǐnglai) means "to waken".

How do you write 醒来?

醒来 is made of 2 characters: 醒 (16 strokes), 来 (7 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 醒来 an HSK word?

Yes. 醒来 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 醒来 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 醒来 is written 醒來.