醉 zuì▶ drunk

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HSK 5 — advanced proficiency: 1,300 new words, 2,500 in all. You can read newspapers, enjoy films and give speeches in Chinese. In HSK 3.0, 醉 is in band 5. HSK 5 explained

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中醉。

It means drunk. You'd say it at a wedding dinner, when your friend has had too many glasses and is singing loudly. You tell the others he's drunk and call him a taxi. Want to try it out loud?

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醉 is written in 15 strokes.

• 醉

Related words

• 陶醉revel in
• 麻醉anesthesia; to anesthetize

醉 is pronounced zuì and means “drunk”.