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起床

qǐchuáng

to get up (out of bed)

HSK 1 · Topic “My day” HealthVerb + object
to get up (out of bed)
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Characters in this word

起 qǐ

Strokes
10
Radical
走 — to walk, to run, to flee
Made of
走 to walk, to run, to flee 己 self, oneself
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

床 chuáng

Strokes
7
Radical
广 — broad, vast, wide
Made of
广 broad, vast, wide 木 tree
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 我每天七点起床。 Wǒ měitiān qī diǎn qǐchuáng. I get up at seven every day.
  • 你几点起床? Nǐ jǐ diǎn qǐchuáng? What time do you get up?
  • 我起床后喝水。 Wǒ qǐchuáng hòu hē shuǐ. I drink water after I get up.
  • 妈妈叫我起床了。 Māma jiào wǒ qǐchuáng le. Mom called me to get out of bed.
  • 他今天不想起床。 Tā jīntiān bù xiǎng qǐchuáng. He doesn't want to get out of bed today.
  • 星期日你起床晚不晚? Xīngqīrì nǐ qǐchuáng wǎn bù wǎn? Do you get out of bed late on Sundays?
  • 快起床,去上学吧! Kuài qǐchuáng, qù shàngxué ba! Quick, get out of bed, let's go to school!
  • 王明早上六点起床。 Wáng Míng zǎoshang liù diǎn qǐchuáng. Wang Ming gets out of bed at six in the morning.
  • 老师起床了吗? Lǎoshī qǐchuáng le ma? Has the teacher gotten out of bed yet?
  • 哥哥起床很慢。 Gēge qǐchuáng hěn màn. Older brother gets out of bed very slowly.

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