惺忪

xīngsōng

adjective #50,764

Meanings

HSK 5

被电话吵醒后，他睡眼惺忪地去找手机。

Bèi diànhuà chǎoxǐng hòu, tā shuì yǎn xīngsōng de qù zhǎo shǒujī.

Woken by the phone, he went looking for it, still half asleep.

HSK 6

他睁开惺忪的双眼，看了看表。

Tā zhēngkāi xīngsōng de shuāngyǎn, kàn le kàn biǎo.

He opened his sleepy eyes and glanced at his watch.

memory

Both characters carry the heart radical 忄, for a state of mind. 忪 is sōng here; in the rare 怔忪 'frightened' it is read zhōng.

惺 xīng

忪 sōng