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叫醒

jiào xǐng · jiao xing

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. to awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse
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  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)在(zài)长椅(chángyǐ)上(shàng)睡(shuì)一会儿(yīhuìr)。

    I want to sleep on the bench for a while.

  2. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)十分钟(shífēnzhōng)后(hòu)叫醒(jiàoxǐng)你(nǐ)。

    Okay, I'll wake you in ten minutes.

  3. Dengdeng

    十分钟(shífēnzhōng)太(tài)短(duǎn)了(le)，二十(èrshí)分钟(fēnzhōng)吧(ba)。

    Ten minutes is too short. Make it twenty.

  4. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)。二十(èrshí)分钟(fēnzhōng)到(dào)了(le)，我(wǒ)来(lái)叫醒(jiàoxǐng)你(nǐ)了(le)。

    Okay. Twenty minutes are up, I'm here to wake you.

  5. Dengdeng

    再(zài)睡(shuì)五分钟(wǔfēnzhōng)。

    Five more minutes.

  6. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，可是(kěshì)五分钟(wǔfēnzhōng)后(hòu)我(wǒ)要(yào)再(zài)叫醒(jiàoxǐng)你(nǐ)一次(yīcì)。

    Okay, but in five minutes I'll wake you again.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)每(měi)天(tiān)早(zǎo)上(shang)6点(diǎn)叫(jiào)醒(xǐng)他(tā)。

I wake him at six every morning.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

每(měi)天(tiān)早(zǎo)上(shang)我(wǒ)都(dōu)要(yào)靠(kào)闹(nào)钟(zhōng)来(lái)按(àn)时(shí)叫(jiào)醒(xǐng)我(wǒ)。

I depend on the alarm clock to wake up on time every morning.

Tatoeba: Chinese by trieuho · English by trieuho · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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