唤醒 (huàn xǐng) — to wake (someone) up (from sleep); to arouse, to awaken (memories, emotions, consciousness)
Definition
唤醒 (huànxǐng) is transitive: someone or something wakes/arouses a person, memory, or feeling. Pair with the intransitive 醒 ('to wake up' on one's own); 唤起 is a near-synonym but focuses more on evoking feelings or actions.
verb
to wake (someone) up (from sleep)to arouseto awaken (memories, emotions, consciousness)
Examples
- 唤醒。Mā ma měi tiān zǎo shàng liù diǎn huàn xǐng wǒ.Mom wakes me up at six every morning.
- 唤醒。Zhè piān bào dào huàn xǐng le rén men duì huán bǎo de guān zhù.This report aroused people's attention to environmental protection.
- 唤醒。Nà shǒu gē huàn xǐng le wǒ tóng nián de jì yì.That song awakened memories of my childhood.
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