意识到

意識到
yìshìdào
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to realize
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 to recognize

Examples

Wǒ tūrán yìshìdào shìqíng de yánzhòngxìng.
I suddenly realized how serious the situation was.
Hěn duō rén méiyǒu yìshìdào jiànkāng de zhòngyào.
Many people don't realize how important health is.
Tā jiànjiàn yìshìdào zìjǐ cuò le.
He gradually realized he was wrong.

Tips

grammar
意识 ('consciousness') + resultative ('reach') = 'awareness reaches you' → realize. Takes a whole clause as object: 意识到自己 / 意识到问题严重性.

Stroke Order

shí
dào