tỉnh dậy
Definition
- Verb:
- To wake up: To stop sleeping and become conscious again. This is the primary and most common meaning, describing the transition from a state of sleep to a state of being awake.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Tôi thường tỉnh dậy lúc 6 giờ sáng. (I usually wake up at 6 a.m.)
- Tiếng chuông báo thức làm cô ấy tỉnh dậy. (The alarm clock sound made her wake up.)
- Anh ấy tỉnh dậy với tâm trạng rất thoải mái. (He woke up in a very relaxed mood.)
Advanced Usage
- Figurative Use: Can be used metaphorically to mean becoming aware of a truth or reality after a period of ignorance, illusion, or inaction.
- Sau thất bại, anh ấy mới tỉnh dậy và nhận ra sai lầm của mình. (After the failure, he finally woke up and realized his mistake.)
- Cả nước cần tỉnh dậy trước mối đe dọa này. (The whole country needs to wake up to this threat.)
Variants and Related Words
- Thức dậy (v): Also means "to wake up." It is very similar and often interchangeable with "tỉnh dậy," though "tỉnh dậy" can slightly emphasize the moment of regaining consciousness.
- Tỉnh giấc (v): A more literary synonym for "to wake up," often used in written narratives.
- Tỉnh ngủ (v): A colloquial, less formal way to say "to wake up."
Synonyms
- Wake up: To stop sleeping.
- Awaken: A more formal or literary term for waking up.
- Come to: To regain consciousness, often after fainting or anesthesia, not typically from natural sleep.
Related Idioms
- Tỉnh dậy sau cơn mê: Literally "to wake up after a period of delusion/confusion." It means to finally see the truth after a long period of being misled or unaware.
- Cô ấy tỉnh dậy sau cơn mê và rời bỏ kẻ lừa dối mình. (She woke up from her delusion and left the person who deceived her.)
verb
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to wake up
