Terminal alarming method and apparatus

Disclosed is a terminal alarming method and apparatus. The method comprises the steps of: when alarming time, set by a user, of an alarm clock is reached, carrying out alarming; when an operation of turning off an alarm is received, obtaining an alarming level of the alarm clock; when the alarming level belongs to a preset level and the alarming time exceeds a preset time period, obtaining current status information of the user; determining that the user is in a sleep state or in a waking state according to the current status information; and when determining that the user is in the sleep state, carrying out alarming, and stopping alarming until the user is in the waking state. When the user turns off the alarm, the alarm can continue to remind the user, thereby avoiding the fact that the user continues to sleep after the alarm is turned off and misses the alarming time, and improving the practicality of reminding of the alarm clock to the user.