醉
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intoxicated
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How 醉 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
酉 (semantic, “wine”) + 卒 (phonetic, zú)
How to remember it
drunk · Heisig RSH #2470
whiskey bottle + foot soldiers
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 卒
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 卒 (zú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卒 sound component | zú | soldier; servant; at last, finally |
| 碎 | suì | to break, to smash; broken, busted |
| 翠 | cuì | kingfisher; jade, emerald |
| 粹 | cuì | pure, unadulterated; essence |
| 猝 | cù | sudden, abrupt |
| 萃 | cuì | grassy; thick, dense, close; to gather, to assemble |
| 瘁 | cuì | tired, worn-out; sick; overworked |
| 悴 | cuì | to suffer; haggard, emaciated |
| 淬 | cuì | to soak, to dye; to temper, to change |
| 晬 | zuì | a child's first birthday |
| 崒 | zú | rocky peaks; lofty; dangerous |
| 窣 | sū | to emerge from a hole; rustling, whispering |
| 綷 | cuì | five-color silk |
| 啐 | cuì | to taste, to sip; to spit; the sound of sipping |
| 谇 | suì | to slander, to defame; to berate |
Words containing 醉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 酒不醉人人自醉，色不迷人人自迷 | jiǔ bù zuì rén rén zì zuì , sè bù mí rén rén zì mí | wine doesn't make men drunk: men get themselves intoxicated. Lust does not overpower men: … |
| 麻醉学者 | má zuì xué zhě | anaesthesiologist |
| 不醉不归 | bù zuì bù guī | lit. to not go home until drunk (idiom); fig. let's make a night of it! |
| 全身麻醉 | quán shēn má zuì | general anesthesia |
| 春风深醉的晚上 | Chūn fēng Shēn zuì de Wǎn shang | Intoxicating Spring Nights, 1924 short story by Yu Dafu 郁達夫|郁达夫[Yu4 Da2 fu1] |
| 心醉神迷 | xīn zuì shén mí | ecstatic; enraptured |
| 醉翁之意不在酒 | zuì wēng zhī yì bù zài jiǔ | wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol; … |
| 醉心于 | zuì xīn yú | to be infatuated with |
| 麻醉学 | má zuì xué | anesthesiology |
| 局部麻醉剂 | jú bù má zuì jì | local anesthetic |
| 麻醉药品 | má zuì yào pǐn | narcotic |
| 一醉方休 | yī zuì fāng xiū | to get thoroughly drunk (idiom); to get plastered |
| 局部麻醉 | jú bù má zuì | local anesthesia |
| 醉生梦死 | zuì shēng mèng sǐ | as if drunk or entranced (idiom); leading a befuddled existence; in a drunken stupor |
| 醉人 | zuì rén | intoxicating; fascinating |
| 心醉 | xīn zuì | enchanted; fascinated; charmed |
| 醉心 | zuì xīn | enthralled; fascinated |
| 半麻醉 | bàn má zuì | local anesthetic; anesthesia to half the body (as for a C-section birth) |
| 今朝有酒今朝醉 | jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì | to live in the moment (idiom); to live every day as if it were one's last; to enjoy while … |
| 麻醉师 | má zuì shī | anaesthetist |