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睁 zhēng

to open (the eyes)

Strokes
11
Level
HSK 5
Radical
目
Traditional
睜
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 目争 ⿰目争

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  1. 他慢慢睁开了眼睛。
    Tā mànmàn zhēngkāile yǎnjing.
    He slowly opened his eyes.
    he slowly open-(particle) eye
  2. 你能睁开眼睛看看我吗？
    Nǐ néng zhēngkāi yǎnjing kànkan wǒ ma?
    Can you open your eyes and look at me?
    you can open eye look-look me (question)
  3. 请睁大眼睛仔细看。
    Qǐng zhēng dà yǎnjing zǐxì kàn.
    Please open your eyes wide and look carefully.
    please open big eye careful look
  4. 他累得连眼睛都睁不开了。
    Tā lèi de lián yǎnjing dōu zhēng bù kāi le.
    He was so tired he couldn't even open his eyes.
    he tired (particle) even eye all open not open (particle)
  5. 早上闹钟响了，他艰难地睁开了眼睛。
    Zǎoshang nàozhōng xiǎng le, tā jiānnán de zhēngkāile yǎnjing.
    In the morning when the alarm rang, he painfully opened his eyes.
    morning alarm-clock ring (particle), he difficult-(particle) open-(particle) eye

Words with 睁 (1)