覺醒

See also: 觉醒 and 覚醒

Chinese

		feel; find that; thinking feel; find that; thinking; awake; aware; a nap; a sleep	to wake up; to awaken; to be awake
trad. (覺醒)		覺	醒
simp. (觉醒)		觉	醒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juéxǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gok³ sing², gok³ seng²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kok-siáng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kak-chhíⁿ / kak-chhéⁿ / kak-séng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juéxǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuésǐng
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-hsing³
    • Yale: jywé-syǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyueshiing
    • Palladius: цзюэсин (czjuesin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gok³ sing², gok³ seng²
    • Yale: gok síng, gok séng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gok⁸ sing², gok⁸ seng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gog³ xing², gog³ séng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːk̚³ sɪŋ³⁵/, /kɔːk̚³ sɛːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kok-siáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gog` xiang`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gog⁵ xiang³
    • Sinological IPA: /kok̚² si̯aŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kak-chhíⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kak-tshínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kakchvie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kak̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kak̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kak-chhéⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kak-tshénn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kakzhvea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kak̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kak̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kak-séng
    • Tâi-lô: kak-síng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kakseang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kak̚⁵⁻²⁴ siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kak̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kak̚³²⁻⁵ siɪŋ⁵³/

Verb

覺醒

1. to come to realise; to awaken to a truth; to have something dawn upon one; to become aware

   喚起民眾覺醒／唤起民众觉醒  ―  huànqǐ mínzhòng juéxǐng  ―  to awaken the people to the truth

2. (transgender slang, specifically) to come to realise one is transgender

Synonyms

• (to become aware)

• 了解 (liǎojiě)
• 佔有／占有 (zhànyǒu)
• 分曉／分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
• 參悟／参悟 (cānwù)
• 悟 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 懂 (dǒng)
• 懂得 (dǒngde)
• 打生 (Wenzhounese)
• 把握 (bǎwò)
• 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
• 明 (ming⁴) (Cantonese)
• 明白
• 明瞭／明了 (míngliǎo)
• 曉得／晓得 (xiǎode)
• 會悟／会悟 (huìwù) (literary)
• 洞悉 (dòngxī)
• 清亮 (mainland China)
• 清楚
• 熟似 (Hokkien)
• 熟悉 (shúxī)
• 熟稔 (shúrěn) (literary)
• 熟識／熟识 (shúshí)
• 理會／理会 (lǐhuì)
• 理解 (lǐjiě)
• 瞭悟／了悟 (liǎowù) (literary)
• 知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 知悉 (zhīxī) (literary)
• 知曉／知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
• 知識／知识 (zhīshí) (literary)
• 知道
• 覺／觉
• 覺悟／觉悟 (juéwù)
• 認識／认识
• 諳曉／谙晓 (ānxiǎo) (literary)
• 諳達／谙达 (āndá) (literary)
• 貫通／贯通 (guàntōng)
• 通曉／通晓 (tōngxiǎo)
• 通解 (tōngjiě) (literary)
• 通達／通达 (tōngdá)
• 達／达 (literary, or in compounds)
• 醒悟 (xǐngwù)
• 開悟／开悟 (kāiwù) (literary)
• 領悟／领悟 (lǐngwù)
• 領會／领会 (lǐnghuì)
• 領略／领略 (lǐnglüè)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (覺醒):

• → Japanese: 覚醒(かくせい) (kakusei)
• → Korean: 각성(覺醒) (gakseong)