粵

醒sing2起hei2

sing2 hei2xǐng qǐ

English

  1. to remember; to come to one's mind
  2. to recall; to remember

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 勾起之前嘅記憶

Examples

  • 我醒唔起你叫咩名添。

    I can't recall your name.

  • 我省起仲有嘢未做,走先。

    I just realised I got some stuff to do. See you guys later.

  • 我突然間醒起個銀包漏咗喺屋企。

    It occurred to me that I had left my purse at home.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 今朝阿松一見到我就急急腳走咗人,跟住我先省起佢借咗我兩皮嘢未還。

    This morning, A-chung ran away upon seeing me. Then I recalled he hasn't returned the twenty thousand dollars to me yet.

  • 有顯著嘅64.2 % 受訪者表示想醒起流利嘅日文,顯示日本文化對香港人嘅影響好大。

    Tatoeba · Andrea5437 CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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