易醒

yìxǐng

adjective

Meanings

1 easily awakened
2 prone to waking up (during sleep)

Characters

Examples

他睡眠浅又易醒,稍微有点动静就睁眼。

Tā shuìmiánqiǎn yòu yìxǐng, shāowēi yǒudiǎn dòngjing jiù zhēng yǎn.

He sleeps lightly and wakes easily — the slightest stir and his eyes open.

婴儿易醒是正常现象。

Yīng'ér yìxǐng shì zhèngcháng xiànxiàng.

Infants waking easily is a normal phenomenon.

Tips

grammar

易 + verb = 'easy to / prone to V'. Productive pattern: 易碎 'fragile', 易燃 'flammable', 易怒 'irritable', 易醒 'easily woken'. Literary / clinical register; the colloquial equivalent would be 容易醒.

Stroke Order

易 yì

醒 xǐng