giu3 seng2叫醒
Jyutpinggiu3 seng2
Yalegiu séng
Definition
To wake someone up; to rouse someone from sleep or unconsciousness.
colloquialdaily actions
How it's used
Use this verb when you physically or verbally cause someone to transition from sleep to wakefulness. It is a separable verb, so you can insert particles like 咗 or 唔 between 叫 and 醒 to indicate completion or ability. It is more common to use this than the formal standard Chinese equivalent when talking about daily routines.
Examples
Wake me up at seven tomorrow morning.
He woke up everyone in the house with a loud noise.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 醒, which can mean to wake up on one's own or to become aware of something. 叫醒 requires an object, as it describes an action done to someone else.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
