
| xǐng | to wake up/to awaken/to be awake | 
| 醒 | to wake up to awaken to be awake  | 
| 醒世 | moralizing | 
| 醒世之言 | good advice that cautions the age | 
| 醒世恒言 | Stories to caution the world, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙 published in 1627 | 
| 醒悟 | to come to oneself to come to realize to come to see the truth  | 
| 醒木 | story-teller's gavel | 
| 醒来 | waken | 
| 醒目 | eye-grabbing (headline) striking (illustration)  | 
| 醒盹儿 | wake up from a nap; shake off drowsiness | 
| 醒着的 | waking; be awake | 
| 醒脑 | restoring consciouness; refreshment | 
| 醒豁 | clear; explicit | 
| 醒酒 | sober up |