Meaning of 卧室
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- bedroom
Measure word: 間|间
How to use 卧室
卧室 is the normal everyday word for a bedroom in a home or apartment, and it often appears in housing ads to count rooms. Example: 我的卧室很小。(Wǒ de wòshì hěn xiǎo.) My bedroom is very small.
卧 (wò) means to lie down, and 室 (shì) means a room. A bedroom is simply the room where you lie down.
Common mistake: Learners often write 卧 with 人 on the right instead of 卜, or confuse it with 臣-based characters like 宦. Also keep the tones as fourth and fourth: wòshì, not wǒshì.
卧室 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
卧 wò · to lie · 8 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
室 shì · room · 9 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
Related words
Words that share a character with 卧室.
| 办公室 | bàngōngshì | office; business premises |
| 教室 | jiàoshì | classroom |
| 实验室 | shíyànshì | laboratory |
| 阅览室 | yuèlǎnshì | reading room |
| 地下室 | dìxiàshì | basement; cellar |
| 卧铺 | wòpù | a bed (on a train); a couchette |
| 浴室 | yùshì | bathroom; shower room (CL:間|间[jian1]); bathhouse |
| 皇室 | huángshì | royal family; imperial household |
| 更衣室 | gēngyīshì | change room; dressing room; locker room; (euphemism) toilet |
| 手术室 | shǒushùshì | operating room |
| 温室 | wēnshì | greenhouse |
| 寝室 | qǐnshì | bedroom; dormitory |
Questions about 卧室
What does 卧室 mean?
卧室 (wòshì) means "bedroom" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 卧室?
卧室 is made of 2 characters: 卧 (8 strokes), 室 (9 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 卧室 an HSK word?
Yes. 卧室 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 卧室 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 卧室 is written 臥室.
What is the difference between 卧室 and 房间?
房间 (fángjiān) means any room, like a hotel room or your own room in general. 卧室 specifically means a room for sleeping. People often say 房间 casually for their bedroom, but 卧室 is more precise.
How do you say master bedroom in Chinese?
A master bedroom is 主卧 (zhǔwò), and a secondary bedroom is 次卧 (cìwò). These short forms are very common in apartment listings, for example 两室一厅 means two bedrooms and one living room.