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卧

wò

HSK 5 Character Traditional 臥

What 卧 means

1. to lie
2. to crouch

Example sentences

• 珍生病卧床。
  Zhēn shēngbìng wòchuáng.
  Jane is sick in bed.
• 卧室在楼上。
  The bedrooms are upstairs.
• 她来到卧室。
  She came to the bedroom.
• 他得卧床休息.
  Tā de wòchuáng xiūxi.
  He had to stay in bed.
• 这是我的卧室。
  This is my bedroom.
• 萨米在他卧房。
  Sami is in his bedroom.

Words starting with 卧

• 卧室wò shìbedroom
• 卧铺wò pùa bed (on a train); a couchette
• 卧房wò fángbedroom; a sleeping compartment (on a train)
• 卧床wò chuángto lie in bed; bedridden; bed
• 卧病wò bìngill in bed; bed-ridden
• 卧倒wò dǎoto lie down; to drop to the ground
• 卧薪尝胆wò xīn cháng dǎn(lit.) to sleep on brushwood and taste gall…
• 卧龙wò lóngsleeping dragon; (fig.) a person of outstanding talent who lives in obscurity
• 卧位wò wèiberth
• 卧佛wò fóreclining Buddha
• 卧内wò nèibedroom
• 卧具wò jùbedding
• 卧底wò dǐto hide (as an undercover agent); an insider (in a gang of thieves); a mole
• 卧式wò shì(of an object or device) horizontal in design; intended to lie flat or operate in a lying…
• 卧推wò tuībench press
• 卧草wò cǎo(substitute for 我肏; WTF; (soccer) to waste time by feigning injury
• 卧车wò chē(railroad) sleeping car
• 卧不安wò bù ānrestless insomnia
• 卧果儿wò guǒ ra poached egg
• 卧龙区Wò lóng QūWolong, a district of Nanyang City 南阳市
• 卧轨wò guǐto lie across the railway tracks…
• 卧虎wò hǔcrouching tiger; fig. major figure in hiding; concealed talent
• 卧虎藏龙wò hǔ cáng lónglit. hidden dragon, crouching tiger (idiom); fig. talented individuals in hiding…
• 卧舱wò cāngsleeping cabin on a boat or train

Words containing 卧

• 仰卧yǎng wòto lie supine
• 硬卧yìng wòhard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk)
• 俯卧撑fǔ wò chēngpush-up; press-up (exercise)
• 软卧ruǎn wòsoft sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a softer bunk)
• 横卧héng wòto recline
• 倒卧dǎo wòto lie down; to drop dead
• 侧卧cè wòto lie on one's side
• 动卧dòng wòD-class (high-speed) sleeper train (D stands for Dongche 动车
• 被卧bèi woquilt; cover
• 仰卧式yǎng wò shìcorpse pose (yoga)
• 仰卧起坐yǎng wò qǐ zuòsit-up (physical exercise)
• 和衣而卧hé yī ér wòto lie down to sleep with one's clothes on
• 坐卧不宁zuò wò bù níngto be restless
• 莫卧儿王朝Mò wò ér Wáng cháoMughal or Mogul Dynasty (1526-1858)
• 伏卧fú wòlying down; to lie prostrate; prone
• 盘龙卧虎pán lóng wò hǔlit. coiled dragon, crouching tiger (idiom); fig. talented individuals in hiding…
• 藏龙卧虎cáng lóng wò hǔlit. hidden dragon, crouching tiger (idiom); fig. talented individuals in hiding…
• 僵卧jiāng wòto lie rigid and motionless
• 立卧撑跳lì wò chēng tiàoburpee
• 俯卧fǔ wòto lie prone
• 横躺竖卧héng tǎng shù wòto lie down all over the place; exhausted and in disarray
• 蜷卧quán wòto curl up; to lie curled up
• 食荼卧棘shí tú wò jíto eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people
• 抵足而卧dǐ zú ér wòsee 抵足而眠

Characters that look like 卧

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 补bǔto repair; to patch; to mend
• 脉màiarteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
• 殴ōuto beat up; to hit sb
• 轩xuānpavilion with a view; high; tall
• 矜jīnto boast; to esteem; to sympathize
• 疥jièscabies

Sounds the same

Read wò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 握to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control
• 沃fertile; rich; to irrigate
• 渥to enrich; to moisten
• 斡to turn
• 涴to soil
• 龌dirty; small-minded
• 幄tent
• 肟oxime; oximide; -oxil (chemistry)
• 偓constrained
• 瓁uncarved jade
• 硪see 石硪