Definition
叫醒 is a resultative verb compound (V + result complement): 叫 'to call/shout' + 醒 'to wake up'. It means 'to wake someone up by calling'. You can insert 得 or 不 between the two characters to express possibility: 叫得醒 (can be woken up), 叫不醒 (cannot be woken up). It is transitive — the person being woken is the direct object: 叫醒他.
r.v.
to wake (someone) upto awaken
Examples
- 叫醒。Wǒ měitiān zǎoshang liù diǎn jiào xǐng tā.I wake him up at six every morning.
- ，叫醒。Tā shuì de tài chén le, zěnme 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 mànmàn zhēngkāi yǎnjīng.I called to wake him up three times before he slowly opened his eyes.
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