Embodiments of the present invention disclose a station wake-up method and a station, where the station wake-up method may include: sending, by a station, a first radio frame to an access point, where the first radio frame includes first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate that the station requests to enter a conventional power save mode; sending, by the station, a second radio frame to the access point, where the second radio frame includes second indication information, and the second indication information is used to indicate that the station requests to enter a wake-up radio WUR sleep mode; and when the station is in both the conventional power save mode and the WM sleep mode, waking up, by the station, a main transceiver when receiving a wake-up frame, where the main transceiver does not wake up according to a preset time period.