Chinese Word: 床 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

床HSK 2

Pinyin: chuáng

English Definition: bed; couch; classifier for beds; Classifiers: 张

Chinese Definition:
①供人睡卧的家具：床铺。木床。床榻。
②像床的东西：车床。机床。河床。
③量词，用于被褥等：两床被。
④井上围栏：“后园凿井银作床，金瓶素绠汲寒浆”。

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 广

Ideographic:A house 广 made out of wood 木; 广 also provides the pronunciation

Character Formation:

⿸ Surround from upper left
- 广 [ guǎng ] broad, vast, wide; building, house
- 木 [ mù ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden

Similar Characters: 庁

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临床HSK 6	lín chuáng	clinical
起床HSK 2	qǐ chuáng	to get out of bed; to get up
病床	bìng chuáng	hospital bed; sickbed
机床	jī chuáng	machine tool; a lathe; Classifiers: 张
床头	chuáng tóu	bedhead; bedside; headboard

1		wǒ 我 qǐ chuáng 起床 le 了。 I got up.
2		mā ma 妈妈 qī diǎn 七点 qǐ chuáng 起床。 Mom wakes up at seven.
3		shàng wǔ 上午 qī diǎn zhōng 七点钟 qǐ chuáng 起床。 I get up at 7 o'clock in the morning.
4		māo 猫 zài 在 chuáng shàng 床上 shuì jiào 睡觉。 The cat is sleeping on the bed.
5		wǒ 我 bā 八 diǎn 点 bàn 半 qǐ chuáng 起床。 I get up at half past eight.

1		wǒ 我 qǐ chuáng 起床 le 了。 I got up.
2		mā ma 妈妈 qī diǎn 七点 qǐ chuáng 起床。 Mom wakes up at seven.
3		shàng wǔ 上午 qī diǎn zhōng 七点钟 qǐ chuáng 起床。 I get up at 7 o'clock in the morning.
4		māo 猫 zài 在 chuáng shàng 床上 shuì jiào 睡觉。 The cat is sleeping on the bed.
5		wǒ 我 bā 八 diǎn 点 bàn 半 qǐ chuáng 起床。 I get up at half past eight.