床 meaning in English

chuáng

bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1]); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc)

HSK 1noun7 strokes

Meaning of 床

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chuáng

bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1])
bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc)
frame; chassis
classifier for blankets, quilts etc

chuáng

variant of 床[chuang2]

How to use 床

床 (chuáng) is the everyday word for a bed, counted with 张 (zhāng). It also appears in words like 起床 (qǐchuáng, to get up) and 病床 (bìngchuáng, hospital bed), and can mean the bottom of a river, as in 河床 (héchuáng). Example: 我七点起床。(Wǒ qī diǎn qǐchuáng.) I get up at seven.

床 is made of 广, which looks like a roof with one wall, and 木 (mù, wood). Picture a wooden frame under a roof, and you have a bed inside the house.

Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 庆 or 店 when they mean 床, because all three sit under 广. Only 床 has 木 inside. Also be careful with 上床 (shàngchuáng): besides meaning to go to bed, it is a common colloquial way to say to have sex, so 睡觉 (shuìjiào) is safer for going to sleep.

床 in example sentences

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

我wǒ看kàn完wán电diàn视shì就jiù上shàng床chuáng睡shuì觉jiào了le。

After I watched TV, I went to bed.

这zhè几jǐ天tiān你nǐ最zuì好hǎo还hái是shì别bié下xià床chuáng。

You'd better stay in bed for a few days.

时shí间jiān还hái早zǎo，不bù必bì这zhè么me早zǎo起qǐ床chuáng。

It's still too early to get up.

他tā通tōng常cháng在zài十shí一yì点diǎn上shàng床chuáng睡shuì觉jiào。

He usually went to bed at eleven.

他tā像xiàng往wǎng常cháng一yī样yàng五wǔ点diǎn钟zhōng起qǐ床chuáng。

He got up at five as usual.

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床 chuáng · bed · 7 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 床.

起床	qǐchuáng	to get out of bed; to get up
临床	línchuáng	(medicine) clinical
病床	bìngchuáng	hospital bed; sickbed
床位	chuángwèi	bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc); berth
上床	shàngchuáng	to go to bed; (coll.) to have sex
床单	chuángdān	bed sheet
床垫	chuángdiàn	mattress
床边	chuángbiān	bedside
尿床	niàochuáng	to wet the bed
床铺	chuángpù	bed
河床	héchuáng	riverbed
床头	chuángtóu	bedhead; bedside

Questions about 床

What does 床 mean?

床 (chuáng) means "bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1]); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc)" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 床?

床 is made of 1 character: 床 (7 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.

Is 床 an HSK word?

Yes. 床 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

What is the difference between 床 and 睡觉?

床 is the bed itself, a noun. 睡觉 (shuìjiào) is the verb to sleep. You say 我在床上睡觉 (Wǒ zài chuáng shang shuìjiào), I sleep on the bed.

How do I say a blanket using 床 as a measure word?

床 can count blankets and quilts, as in 一床被子 (yì chuáng bèizi), one quilt. This use is common in speech, though 条 (tiáo) is also used for blankets.