叫醒 (jiào xǐng) — to wake (someone) up, to awaken
Definition
叫醒 (jiào xǐng) is a separable verb meaning 'to wake someone up' — you SPLIT it with a complement (叫三次叫不醒, 叫了他三次). The subject is the person doing the waking; the person woken takes 把 or follows directly.
verb
to wake (someone) upto awaken
Examples
- 叫醒。Wǒ měi tiān zǎo shàng liù diǎn jiào xǐng tā.I wake him up at six every morning.
- ，叫醒。Tā shuì dé tài chén le, zěn me jiào dōu jiào xǐng bù xǐng.He slept so deeply that no amount of calling could wake him up.
- 叫醒，。Wǒ jiào xǐng le tā sān cì, tā cái màn màn zhēng kāi yǎn jing.I called to wake him up three times before he slowly opened his eyes.
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