(shàng chuáng) - to go to bed, to get into bed in Mandarin
shàngchuángTraditional: 上床
Translation
to go to bed, to get into bed
Word origin
A verb-object compound of 上 (shàng, to get onto) and 床 (chuáng, bed), literally to get onto the bed.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 上 (shàng, to mount) + 床 (chuáng, bed)
Stroke order
上
床
Examples
九。
The children went to bed at nine.
，。
I am so tired that I want to go to bed early.
刷牙。
Do not forget to brush your teeth before going to bed.
。
Every day after getting into bed he still reads for a while.
催。
Mum is urging me to get into bed and sleep.
上床 (shàng chuáng) means to go to bed or to get into bed, a verb-object phrase. It commonly pairs with 睡觉 to mean settling down to sleep.
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