卧 meaning in English

wò

to lie; to crouch

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 臥8 strokes

Meaning of 卧

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wò

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ跟gēn我wǒ姐jiě姐jiě共gòng用yòng同tóng一yī间jiān卧wò房fáng。

I share a bedroom with my sister.

他tā一yī连lián四sì天tiān卧wò病bìng在zài床chuáng。

He was ill in bed for four days straight.

他tā已yǐ卧wò病bìng在zài床chuáng四sì天tiān了le。

He's been sick in bed for four days.

我wǒ的de卧wò室shì里lǐ没méi有yǒu桌zhuō子zi。

There is no desk in my bedroom.

汤tāng姆mǔ上shàng周zhōu日rì卧wò病bìng在zài床chuáng。

Tom was sick in bed last Sunday.

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Words that share a character with 卧.

卧室	wòshì	bedroom
卧铺	wòpù	a bed (on a train); a couchette
卧底	wòdǐ	to hide (as an undercover agent); an insider (in a gang of thieves)
卧槽	wòcáo	(Internet slang) (substitute for 我肏[wo3 cao4]) fuck; WTF
卧倒	wòdǎo	to lie down; to drop to the ground
卧房	wòfáng	bedroom
俯卧撑	fǔwòchēng	push-up; press-up (exercise)
卧床	wòchuáng	to lie in bed; bedridden

What does 卧 mean?

卧 (wò) means "to lie; to crouch" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 卧?

卧 is made of 1 character: 卧 (8 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 卧 an HSK word?

Yes. 卧 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 卧 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 卧 is written 臥.