Dictionary › 床
床
chuáng
What 床 means
- bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on)
- bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc)
- frame; chassis
- classifier for blankets, quilts etc
Other readings
Example sentences
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起床!Get out of bed!
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该起床了。Time to get up.
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我起床早。I got up early.
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这床很沉。This bed is heavy.
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我在床上。I'm in bed.
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该起床了！It's time to get up!
Words starting with 床
- 床单chuáng dānbed sheet
- 床边chuáng biānbedside
- 床头chuáng tóubedhead; bedside; headboard
- 床铺chuáng pùbed
- 床位chuáng wèibed (in hospital, hotel, train etc); berth; bunk
- 床沿chuáng yánthe edge of a bed
- 床头柜chuáng tóu guìbedside cabinet
- 床友chuáng yǒu(slang) friend with benefits; casual sex partner
- 床技chuáng jìskills in bed; sexual prowess
- 床戏chuáng xìsex scene (in a movie etc)
- 床上戏chuáng shàng xìsex scene (in a movie etc)
- 床帐chuáng zhàngbed curtain; mosquito net
- 床侧chuáng cèbedside
- 床垫chuáng diànmattress
- 床罩chuáng zhàobedspread
- 床铃chuáng língbaby mobile; crib mobile
- 床虱chuáng shībedbug
- 床笠chuáng lìfitted bed sheet
- 床笫chuáng zǐbed and bamboo sleeping mat; (fig.) bed as a place for intimacy
- 床笫之事chuáng zǐ zhī shìbedroom matters; sexual intercourse
- 床笫之私chuáng zǐ zhī sīintimate matters
Words containing 床
- 起床qǐ chuángto get out of bed; to get up
- 临床lín chuáng(medicine) clinical
- 上床shàng chuángto go to bed; (colloquial) to have sex
- 病床bìng chuánghospital bed; sickbed
- 河床hé chuángriverbed
- 机床jī chuángmachine tool; a lathe
- 卧床wò chuángto lie in bed; bedridden; bed
- 单人床dān rén chuángsingle bed
- 双人床shuāng rén chuángdouble bed
- 车床chē chuánglathe
- 温床wēn chuánghotbed; breeding ground; fig. breeding ground for crimes or sedition
- 尿床niào chuángto wet the bed
- 临床医学lín chuáng yī xuéclinical medicine
- 吊床diào chuánghammock
- 铺床pū chuángto make a bed; to lay bedding
- 叫床jiào chuángto cry out in ecstasy (during lovemaking)
- 基床jī chuángfoundation (of building); bed (e.g. bedrock); substrate
- 东床dōng chuángson-in-law
- 水床shuǐ chuángwaterbed; water mattress
- 海床hǎi chuángseabed; seafloor; ocean floor
- 牙床yá chuánggum; ivory bedframe
- 童床tóng chuángcrib; children's bed
- 花床huā chuángflower bed
- 着床zhuó chuángto lie down on a bed; (physiology) implantation…
Characters built on 木
These share the phonetic component 木 (mù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 框kuàngframe (e.g. door frame); casing; fig. framework
- 桩zhuāngstump; stake; pile; classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc
- 桄guāngused in 桄榔
Characters that look like 床
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 采cǎito pick; to pluck; to collect
- 束shùto bind; bunch; bundle
- 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…
- 尿niàoto urinate; urine
- 庚gēngage; seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; seventh in order
- 戾lìto bend; to violate; to go against
Sounds the same
Read chuáng, tone for tone, but written differently.
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