床 (chuáng): bed
床 (chuáng) is a Chinese character meaning “bed.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 广 (structural) and 木 (structural). It ranks #1067 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 床 a house 广 made out of wood 木; 广 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 广 (shelter) appears in many related characters such as 店 (diàn, shop), 广 (guǎng, wide, broad), 应 (yīng, should, to respond).
Definitions
- bed
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA house 广 made out of wood 木; 广 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿸广木 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 床
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 临床adjective | lín chuáng | (medicine) clinical |
| 床垫noun | chuáng diàn | mattress |
| 尿床verb | niào chuáng | to wet the bed |
| 病床noun | bìng chuáng | hospital bed |
| 床头柜noun | chuáng tóu guì | bedside cabinet |
| 床位noun | chuáng wèi | bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc) |
| 吊床noun | diào chuáng | hammock |
| 床铺noun | chuáng pù | bed |
| 卧床verb | wò chuáng | to lie in bed |
| 铺床verb | pū chuáng | to make a bed |
| 床头noun | chuáng tóu | bedhead |
| 水床 | shuǐ chuáng | waterbed |
| 同床共枕 | tóng chuáng gòng zhěn | to share the bed |
| 双人床noun | shuāng rén chuáng | double bed |
| 温床noun | wēn chuáng | hotbed |
床 appears in 90 compound words: 23 as the first character, 61 as the last, and 16 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 床 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
to not get along; to be in discord (usually as a result of different goals); to have different opinions and plans
Example Sentences
这张床很软，睡起来很舒服，我每晚都能睡个好觉。
Zhè zhāng chuáng hěn ruǎn, shuì qǐlái hěn shūfu, wǒ měi wǎn dōu néng shuì gè hǎo jiào.
This bed is very soft and comfortable to sleep on; I can get a good night's sleep every night.
专家提醒:床单枕套最好一周洗一次,别让床变成尘螨的温...
zhuān jiā tí xǐng : chuáng dān zhěn tào zuì hǎo yī zhōu xǐ yī cì , bié ràng chuáng biàn chéng chén 螨 de wēn . . .
Experts remind: It is best to wash the sheets and pillowcases once a week, so as not to let the bed become the warmth of dust mites...
女子凌晨起床做三明治确诊睡吃症,医生提醒:出现这几类...
nǚ zǐ líng chén qǐ chuáng zuò sān míng zhì què zhěn shuì chī zhèng , yī shēng tí xǐng : chū xiàn zhè jī lèi . . .
The woman got up in the early morning to make a sandwich and was diagnosed with sleep and eating syndrome, and the doctor reminded: There are these categories...
长期避孕药有哪些?复方长效口服药为何临床已少用
cháng qī bì yùn yào yǒu nǎ xiē ? fù fāng cháng xiào kǒu fú yào wéi hé lín chuáng yǐ shǎo yòng
What are the long-term contraceptives? Why are compound long-acting oral drugs rarely used in clinical practice?
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. . . tóng xìng fā yù bù liáng cháng chūn gāo xīn wǎng hóng ruǎn gāo huò pī lín chuáng sù dòu gōng gào
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小床铺我整理,合作互助乐成长
xiǎo chuáng pù wǒ zhěng lǐ , gě zuò hù zhù lè chéng cháng
I make my own bed, cooperate and help each other to grow up.
你通常什么时候起床？
Nǐ tōngcháng shénmeshíhou qǐchuáng?
What time do you usually get up?
你在你的床下面藏了多少钱？
Nǐ zài nǐ de chuáng xiàmiàn cáng le duōshao qián?
How much money do you have hidden under your bed?
床上有多少张毯子？
Chuáng shàng yǒu duōshao zhāng tǎnzi?
How many blankets are there on the bed?
你星期天几点起床？
Nǐ Xīngqītiān jǐdiǎn qǐchuáng?
What time do you wake up on Sundays?
Character Family
广 Radical Family — Characters sharing the shelter radical
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