Meaning
bed; couch; (a measure word)
Chinese: 床、长椅、卧榻。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “chuang” becomes a different word in each tone. 床 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 起床qǐ chuángto get out of bed; to get up
- 床单chuáng dānbed sheet
- 临床lín chuáng(medicine) clinical
- 病床bìng chuánghospital bed; sickbed
- 床位chuáng wèibed (in hospital, hotel, train etc); berth; bunk
Example Sentence
这张床又大又舒服。Zhè zhāng chuáng yòu dà yòu shū fu.This bed is big and comfortable.
这Zhèthis张zhāngto open up床chuángframe又yòuagain大dàbig又yòuagain舒服shū fucomfortable。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A shelter (广) over wood (木): a wooden frame inside a building — a ‘bed’.
A way to remember it
A wooden (木) frame under a roof (广) — a bed.
Easy to confuse with
- 木‘Wood’: the material under the shelter in 床.