醉

醉 zuì in a sentence

Intoxicated (drunk)

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 7 sentences

醉 (zuì) means Intoxicated (drunk). Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他昨晚喝 醉 了。

Tā zuówǎn hē zuì le.

He got drunk last night.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 醉

喝 醉 了就别开车。

Hē zuì le jiù bié kāi chē.

Do not drive when you are drunk.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 醉

他陶 醉 在音乐里。

Tā táozuì zài yīnyuè lǐ.

He was lost in the music.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 陶醉

麻 醉 的效果还没过去。

Mázuì de xiàoguǒ hái méi guòqù.

The effect of the anaesthetic has not worn off yet.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 麻醉

医生给他做了局部麻 醉 。

Yīshēng gěi tā zuò le júbù mázuì.

The doctor gave him a local anaesthetic.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 局部

不要陶 醉 于一时的成绩。

Bú yào táozuì yú yìshí de chéngjì.

Do not get carried away by a momentary success.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 陶醉

手术前医生给他做了麻 醉 。

Shǒushù qián yīshēng gěi tā zuò le mázuì.

The doctor anaesthetised him before the operation.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 麻醉

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Words that contain 醉

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Questions about 醉

How is 醉 used in a sentence?

This page shows 7 sentences using 醉 (zuì, "Intoxicated (drunk)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 醉 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 醉 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 醉 an HSK word?

Yes — 醉 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 醉?

The dictionary page for 醉 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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