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苏醒 (sū xǐng) — to regain consciousness, to come to; to awaken, to revive (of nature, emotions, etc.)

Definition

苏醒 is a literary verb for 'to regain consciousness' or 'to awaken' — used for people recovering from unconsciousness and for nature/emotions reviving. More formal and written than 醒; intransitive, unlike 唤醒 (which has a cause).

verb
to regain consciousnessto come toto awakento revive (of nature, emotions, etc.)

Examples

  • ，苏醒。
    Tā hūn mí le sān tiān, zhōng yú sū xǐng guò lái le.
    He was in a coma for three days and finally regained consciousness.
  • ，苏醒，。
    Chūn tiān dào le, dà dì sū xǐng, wàn wù fù sū.
    Spring has arrived, the earth awakens, and everything revives.
  • 苏醒，。
    Wǒ cóng è mèng zhōng sū xǐng guò lái, chū le yì shēn lěng hàn.
    I woke up from a nightmare, breaking out in a cold sweat.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

苏sūrevive
醒xǐngawaken

'苏' means revive and '醒' means wake, so together they describe coming back to consciousness.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 蘇; 苏 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 苏 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words it is 蘇; in others it is 甦 or 囌.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎograss; plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
穌
穌sū蘇Sū
Same sound today

The traditional form 蘇 uses 艸 (grass; plant) for meaning and 穌 for sound; the simplified 苏 is a later shorthand.

Open 苏 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
酉酉yǒualcohol
Sound part声符shēngfú
星
星xīng醒xǐng
Same sound today

醒 combines 酉, which stands for alcohol, with 星, which gives the sound.

Open 醒 →
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