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卧床 meaning in English

wòchuáng

to lie in bed; bedridden

Traditional 臥床15 strokes

Meaning of 卧床

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wòchuáng
  1. to lie in bed
  2. bedridden
  3. bed

卧床 in example sentences

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

他tā现xiàn在zài卧wò床chuáng不bù起qǐ。
He is confined to bed now.
他tā得de卧wò床chuáng休xiū息xī.
He had to stay in bed.
珍zhēn生shēng病bìng卧wò床chuáng。
Jane is sick in bed.
汤tāng姆mǔ已yǐ经jīng因yīn病bìng卧wò床chuáng三sān周zhōu了le。
Tom has been sick in bed for three weeks.
他tā的de腿tuǐ部bù肌jī肉ròu在zài他tā卧wò床chuáng不bù起qǐ的de七qī个gè月yuè中zhōng萎wēi缩suō了le。
The muscles in his legs had atrophied during the seven months he was bedridden.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

卧 wò · to lie · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

床 chuáng · bed · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 卧床.

起床qǐchuángto get out of bed; to get up
卧室wòshìbedroom
卧铺wòpùa bed (on a train); a couchette
临床línchuáng(medicine) clinical
病床bìngchuánghospital bed; sickbed
床位chuángwèibed (in hospital, hotel, train etc); berth
上床shàngchuángto go to bed; (coll.) to have sex
卧底wòdǐto hide (as an undercover agent); an insider (in a gang of thieves)
床单chuángdānbed sheet
床垫chuángdiànmattress
卧槽wòcáo(Internet slang) (substitute for 我肏[wo3 cao4]) fuck; WTF
床边chuángbiānbedside

Questions about 卧床

What does 卧床 mean?

卧床 (wòchuáng) means "to lie in bed; bedridden".

How do you write 卧床?

卧床 is made of 2 characters: 卧 (8 strokes), 床 (7 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

How is 卧床 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 卧床 is written 臥床.