Writing
起床 (qǐ chuáng) — how to say "to get up from bed" in Chinese
起床
To get up from bed
verb
Character composition
起
to rise, to begin
床
bed
Radicals / Keys
广
Dotted cliff
#53 · yǎn · 3 strokes
走
Run
#156 · zǒu · 7 strokes
Collocations
早起床
zǎo qǐ chuáng
get up early
起床时间
qǐ chuáng shíjiān
wake-up time
Examples
我每天七点起床去上班。
Every day I get up at seven and go to work.
我起床了
I got up from bed.
Mnemonic
[qǐ chuáng-] Chewbacca awakes at dawn, his 起 arms stretching as he rises from his 床 bed 🌄🛏️. "起床!" he roars, eager to begin the day filled with adventures. He leaps out of bed, ready to conquer whatever the galaxy throws at him!
Frequently asked questions
How do you say "to get up from bed" in Chinese?
"to get up from bed" in Chinese is 起床 (qǐ chuáng).
起床 meaning in English
起床 (qǐ chuáng) means "To get up from bed".
Qichuang in Chinese pronunciation
It is pronounced qǐ chuáng (written as qi chuang, qichuang). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
How to write qi chuang in Chinese?
It is written 起床: 起 has 10 strokes, 床 has 7 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK level is 起床?
起床 belongs to the HSK 2 vocabulary list.
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