醉

zuì

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Meanings

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zuì

1.intoxicated

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Wiktionary

1.to become drunk; to become intoxicated
2.to intoxicate; to make someone drunk
3.to be fascinated with; to be enchanted by; to be crazy about; to be addicted to
4.to marinate in cooking wine
5.to drink alcoholic drink moderately

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔsuds): semantic 酉 (“alcoholic drink”) + phonetic 卒 (OC *ʔsuːd, *sʰuːd, *ʔsud).

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Stroke order

Components

醉酉卒

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Example sentences

我沒醉。
I'm not drunk.
我沒醉。
I wasn't drunk.
我沒醉。
I was not drunk.
汤姆醉了。
Tom is sloshed.
汤姆醉了。
Tom was drunk.
汤姆醉了。
Tom is drunk.

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Synonyms

喝醉喝高沉醉酒醉酣醉醉酒霑醉沾醉飲醉饮醉入迷沉湎沉溺沉迷沉陷熱咬热咬瘋魔疯魔眩著眩着著迷着迷迷戀迷恋醉心陷入

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Related words

麻醉 anesthesia 陶醉 to be infatuated with; to be drunk with; to be enchanted with; to revel in 醉倒 to pass out drunk 醉驾 to drive while above the legal alcohol limit 喝醉 to get drunk 泥醉 blind drunk 醉心 enthralled 烂醉 dead drunk 醉圣 the Sage of intoxication 醉态 drunken state 买醉 to get drunk; to drown one's sorrows 醉汉 intoxicated man