Does an Alarm clock 吵醒 or 叫醒？

Question

I'm trying to figure out whether an alarm clock 吵醒我， or 叫醒我。 I'd like to say the sentence my alarm clock woke me up at 5:30 today my translation so far is 今天早上五点半， 我手机的闹钟叫醒了我。 Can 叫醒 be done by inanimate objects? Is this construction used in chinese?

Answer 1

你好，这是一个很好的问题。

"吵醒"是指被噪音或不愉快的声音搞得无法睡觉而醒来; 叫醒是我主动想起床而设置的alarm.

Cassie

Answer 2

Hi, I like the word you use "inanimate objects". That shows you have advanced understanding to Chinese.

叫醒 should be done by animate objects, but in Chinese, we usually say 今天早上五点半，我手机闹钟响了，我就起来了。

吵醒, means somebody's noise woke you up. It is to noisy to sleep.