床 (cong4 | chuang2) : bed; couch

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床

cong4

chuang2

[1] bed; couch; bunk; cot
[2] bed-shaped machine or flat ground

(Classifier(s): 張)

牀 is the variant and older form still occasionally used in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Stroke count: 7

Level: 1

Radical: 广 (#53)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

床

This word has been viewed 15251 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Jun 2014 11:07

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床鋪 cong4 pou1 chuang2 pu4 = bedding

床頭櫃 cong4 tau4 gwai6 chuang2 tou2 gui4 = bedside cabinet

彈床 daan6 cong4 dan4 chuang2 = trampoline 粵

床冚 cong4 kam2 chuang2 kan3 = bedspread; bedcover 粵

床單 cong4 daan1 chuang2 dan1 = bedsheet

床墊 cong4 zin3 chuang2 dian4 = mattress

病床 beng6 cong4 bing4 chuang2 = sickbed

床褥 cong4 juk6*2 = a mattress

起床 hei2 cong4 qi3 chuang2 = to wake up 國

機床 gei1 cong4 ji1 chuang2 = machine tool
See all 61 compounds (CantoDict reports 63 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 床

我唔理個房幾細, 求其有張床就得喇粵
I don't mind how small the room is as long as there is a bed inside.

佢胃唔好痛到喺張床度捵嚟捵去粵
He has gastritis; it hurts so much that he tosses and turns on his bed.

亞雄成晚喺度捵床捵蓆，隻手紮到豬蹄噉，佢重喺度考慮好唔好請假粵
Ah Hung spent the whole night tossing and turning on his bed, clenching his fist like pig's trotters; he is still considering if he should apply for leave from work.
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 床
Unicode code for this character: U+5e8a (off-site link)

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