Meaning of 起床
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to get out of bed; to get up
How to use 起床
起床 is the everyday word for getting up in the morning, and it often appears with a time or with 早 (zǎo, early) or 晚 (wǎn, late). Example: 我每天七点起床。(Wǒ měitiān qī diǎn qǐchuáng.) I get up at seven every day.
起 (qǐ) means to rise, and 床 (chuáng) means bed. Picture yourself rising up from the bed, and you have 起床, to get out of bed.
Common mistake: Learners often use 起床 to mean waking up, but waking up is 醒 (xǐng). You can be awake in bed without having done 起床 yet. Also keep the time before the verb: say 我七点起床, not 我起床七点.
起床 in example sentences
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起 qǐ · to rise · 10 strokes
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床 chuáng · bed · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 起床.
| 一起 | yīqǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 起来 | qǐlái | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2] |
| 对不起 | duìbuqǐ | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint |
| 想起 | xiǎngqǐ | to recall; to think of |
| 起飞 | qǐfēi | (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to star |
| 看起来 | kàn qǐlái | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the |
| 了不起 | liǎobuqǐ | amazing; terrific |
| 引起 | yǐnqǐ | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse |
| 看不起 | kànbuqǐ | to look down upon; to despise |
| 提起 | tíqǐ | to mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise |
| 起码 | qǐmǎ | at the minimum; at the very least |
| 起到 | qǐdào | (in an expression of the form 起到[qi3 dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating et |
Questions about 起床
What does 起床 mean?
起床 (qǐchuáng) means "to get out of bed; to get up".
How do you write 起床?
起床 is made of 2 characters: 起 (10 strokes), 床 (7 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 起床 an HSK word?
Yes. 起床 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
Can I split 起床 and put words in the middle?
Yes, it works like a verb plus object. You can say 起不了床 (qǐ bu liǎo chuáng, can't get out of bed) or 起了床 (qǐ le chuáng, got up). In most simple sentences, people keep it together.
What is the difference between 起床 and 起来?
起床 specifically means getting out of bed. 起来 (qǐlái) is broader and can mean standing up from a chair or the floor, though people also say 起来 to tell someone to get up in the morning.