起床
qǐ chuáng
Pinyin

Definition

起床
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qǐ chuáng
  1. to get out of bed
  2. to get up

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
zài yī qǐ
  1. 1 together
fā qǐ
  1. 1 to originate
  2. 2 to initiate
  3. 3 to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
  4. 4 to start
  5. 5 to propose sth (for the first time)
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to raise
  3. 3 to get up
  4. 4 to set out
  5. 5 to start
  6. 6 to appear
  7. 7 to launch
  8. 8 to initiate (action)
  9. 9 to draft
  10. 10 to establish
  11. 11 to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. 12 verb suffix, to start
  13. 13 starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. 14 classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15 classifier for groups: batch, group
qǐ lai
  1. 1 to stand up
  2. 2 to get up
  3. 3 also pr. [qǐ lái]
qǐ chuáng
  1. 1 to get out of bed
  2. 2 to get up
shàng chuáng
  1. 1 to go to bed
  2. 2 (coll.) to have sex
liǎo bu qǐ
  1. 1 amazing
  2. 2 terrific
  3. 3 extraordinary
shēng qǐ
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to hoist
  3. 3 to rise
duì bu qǐ
  1. 1 unworthy
  2. 2 to let down
  3. 3 I'm sorry
  4. 4 excuse me
  5. 5 pardon me
  6. 6 if you please
  7. 7 sorry? (please repeat)
chuáng
  1. 1 bed
  2. 2 couch
  3. 3 classifier for beds
  4. 4 CL:張|张[zhāng]
yǐn qǐ
  1. 1 to give rise to
  2. 2 to lead to
  3. 3 to cause
  4. 4 to arouse
xiǎng qǐ
  1. 1 to recall
  2. 2 to think of
  3. 3 to call to mind
ná qǐ
  1. 1 to pick up
tí qǐ
  1. 1 to mention
  2. 2 to speak of
  3. 3 to lift
  4. 4 to pick up
  5. 5 to arouse
  6. 6 to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc)
zǎo qǐ
  1. 1 to get up early
bǐ qǐ
  1. 1 compared with
jǔ qǐ
  1. 1 to heave
  2. 2 to lift
  3. 3 to raise up
  4. 4 to uphold
shuō qǐ
  1. 1 to mention
  2. 2 to bring up (a subject)
  3. 3 with regard to
  4. 4 as for
lài chuáng
  1. 1 to have a lie-in
  2. 2 to dawdle in bed

Idioms (20)

一波未平,一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
事不关己,高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
任凭风浪起,稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
勤俭起家
qín jiǎn qǐ jiā
  1. 1 to rise up by thrift and hard work (idiom)
另起炉灶
lìng qǐ lú zào
  1. 1 lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch
  2. 2 back to square one
  3. 3 to start of on a new path
同床异梦
tóng chuáng yì mèng
  1. 1 lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas
  2. 2 strange bedfellows
  3. 3 marital dissension
商飙徐起
shāng biāo xú qǐ
  1. 1 the autumn breeze comes gently (idiom)
大起大落
dà qǐ dà luò
  1. 1 (of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom)
  2. 2 volatile
  3. 3 significant ups and downs
  4. 4 roller coaster
崛地而起
jué dì ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom); sudden emergence of prominent new feature
平地起家
píng dì qǐ jiā
  1. 1 to start from scratch (idiom)
思潮起伏
sī cháo qǐ fú
  1. 1 thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom)
  2. 2 different thoughts coming to mind
承上起下
chéng shàng qǐ xià
  1. 1 to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
  2. 2 forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
投袂而起
tóu mèi ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to shake one's sleeves and rise (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get excited and move to action
拍案而起
pāi àn ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
  2. 2 unable to take it any more
拿得起放得下
ná de qǐ fàng de xià
  1. 1 lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take what comes
  3. 3 to meet gains or losses with equanimity
搬起石头砸自己的脚
bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
  1. 1 to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
  2. 2 hoisted by one's own petard
东山再起
dōng shān zài qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback
此起彼伏
cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
  1. 1 up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
  2. 2 no sooner one subsides, the next arises
  3. 3 repeating continuously
  4. 4 occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
此起彼落
cǐ qǐ bǐ luò
  1. 1 to rise and fall in succession (idiom)
  2. 2 repeating continuously

Sample Sentences

宝贝该起床了,再不起来你上班要迟到了。
bǎobèir gāi qǐchuáng le ,zài bù qǐlái nǐ shàngbān yào chídào le 。
Darling, it's time to get up, if you don't get up now you'll be late for work.
这一大清早的像完成了我一天的预期,人类之间的差距也太大了吧,我受到了一万点的伤害。不过真是牛!你都几点起床啊?
zhè yī dàqīngzǎo de xiàng wánchéng le wǒ yī tiān de yùqī ,rénlèi zhījiān de chājù yě tài dà le ba ,wǒ shòudào le yīwàn diǎn de shānghài 。bùguò zhēn shì niú !nǐ dōu jǐ diǎn qǐchuáng ā ?
You've finished my whole to do list in one morning. The difference between two human beings couldn't be greater. I'm so terribly hurt right now. But jeez, that bloody awesome! What time do you get up?
那你不妨从早起半小时开始试试,甚至一刻钟也行,循序渐进,配合早睡,慢慢调整生物钟,起床后做你最感兴趣的事,然后摸索出最适合自己的早起方案。
nà nǐ bùfáng cóng zǎoqǐ bàn xiǎoshí kāishǐ shìshi ,shènzhì yīkèzhōng yě xíng ,xúnxv4jiànjìn ,pèihé zǎo shuì ,mànmàn tiáozhěng shēngwùzhōng ,qǐchuáng hòu zuò nǐ zuì gǎn xìngqù de shì ,ránhòu mōsuo chū zuì shìhé zìjǐ de zǎoqǐ fāngàn 。
Then why don't you try waking up half an hour earlier than usual. Or even just fifteen minutes later. Just trying baby step by baby step. Combined with going to be early, you should be able to slowly reset your biological clock. Do something that interests you the most in the morning, then slowly figure out the "morning package" that suits you best.
你也太正面了,可我没办法像你一样五点起床,那简直要了我的命。
nǐ yě tài zhèngmiàn le ,kě wǒ méi bànfǎ xiàng nǐ yīyàng wǔ diǎn qǐchuáng ,nà jiǎnzhí yào le wǒ de mìng 。
You are too proactive. There's no way I can get up at five like you. That's asking way too much of me.
口渴了得喝水,当然毋庸置疑。可那是被动地喝水,我们还要主动地来补水,比如清早起床后喝杯温开水,有助于稀释血液,帮助肝肾代谢,排除体内废物,养颜又保健。
kǒukě le děi hēshuǐ ,dāngrán wúyōngzhìyí 。kě nà shì bèidòng de hēshuǐ ,wǒmen hái yào zhǔdòng de lái bǔ shuǐ ,bǐrú qīngzǎo qǐchuáng hòu hē bēi wēn kāishuǐ ,yǒuzhùyú xīshì xuèyè ,bāngzhù gān shèn dàixiè ,páichú tǐnèi fèiwù ,yǎngyán yòu bǎojiàn 。
Of course there's no question that if you're thirsty you should drink water. But that's drinking water in a passive way. We also have to be proactive in supplementing our water intake, like, for example, early in the morning when you get out of bed, drinking a glass of warm boiled water helps ease your circulation, as well as helping your liver and kidneys metabolize, to rid yourself of toxins, helping improve your skin and keeping you healthy.
我一起床就喝咖啡。
wǒ yī qǐchuáng jiù hē kāfēi 。
As soon as I wake up, I drink coffee.
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起床晚了,没时间吃。
qǐchuáng wǎn le ,méishíjiān chī 。
I got up late, so I didn't have time to eat.
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要不是你昨天提早打电话叫我起床,我可能就迟到了。
yàobùshì nǐ zuótiān tízǎo dǎ diànhuà jiào wǒ qǐchuáng ,wǒ kěnéng jiù chídào le 。
If it weren't for your call yesterday, waking me up ahead of time, I would have been late.
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下礼拜面试还是要麻烦你叫我起床,我的新工作就靠你了!
xià lǐbài miànshì háishì yào máfan nǐ jiào wǒ qǐchuáng ,wǒ de xīn gōngzuò jiù kào nǐ le !
I would like to ask you to wake me up again for my interview next week. My new job totally depends on you!
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我的老天爷,一定要现在跟我吵吗?再三个小时我就得起床了,帮帮忙!
wǒ de lǎotiānyé ,yídìng yào xiànzài gēn wǒ chǎo ma ?zài sānge xiǎoshí wǒ jiù děi qǐchuáng le ,bāng bang máng !
My god! Do we have to argue about this now? I have to get up in three hours. Do me a favor!
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