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CHINESE CHARACTER

zuì

醉

醉

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intoxicated

Numbered pinyin
zui4
English meanings
intoxicated

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 酉; right 卒.

  • Left

    酉
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    • First part

      兀
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    • Second part

      日
  • Right

    卒
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    • Top

      亠
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    • Bottom

      ⿱
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Meaning & sound clues

酉 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “wine”.

卒 is identified as the sound component (zú). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 醉.

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Decomposition reference

⿰酉卒

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    tā他hē喝zuì醉le了。

    He is drunk.

  2. 02

    zuì醉dào倒。

    Fell drunk.

  3. 03

    bié别hē喝zuì醉。

    Don't get drunk.

  4. 04

    táozuì陶醉。

    Enchanted.

  5. 05

    zuì醉rén人。

    Intoxicating.

  6. 06

    jiǔ酒hòu后kāichē开车wēixiǎn危险。

    Drunk driving is dangerous.

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