Chinese symbol for “rouse”
惊醒
jīng xǐng
Traditional: 驚醒
to rouse; to be woken by sth; to wake with a start; to sleep lightly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rouse is 惊醒 (jīng xǐng), defined as: to rouse; to be woken by sth; to wake with a start; to sleep lightly.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rouse”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抖擞 (抖擻) | dǒu sǒu | to rouse; to invigorate |
| 叫醒 | jiào xǐng | to awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse |
| 唤醒 (喚醒) | huàn xǐng | to wake sb; to rouse |
| 鼓 | gǔ | drum; measure word: 通 (tòng), 面 (miàn) |
| 唤起 (喚起) | huàn qǐ | to waken (to action); to rouse (the masses) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 惊醒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惊人 (驚人) | jīng rén | astonishing |
| 惊讶 (驚訝) | jīng yà | amazed; astonished |
| 惊喜 (驚喜) | jīng xǐ | nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised |
| 震惊 (震驚) | zhèn jīng | to shock; to astonish |
| 吃惊 (吃驚) | chī jīng | to be startled; to be shocked |
| 惊奇 (驚奇) | jīng qí | to be amazed; to be surprised |
| 提醒 | tí xǐng | to remind; to call attention to |
| 清醒 | qīng xǐng | clear-headed; sober |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rouse”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.