起床(qǐ chuáng)

HSK 12 charactersTrad. 起牀

to get out of bed

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 起床 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 我刚才起床了。

    wǒ gāng cái qǐ chuáng le

    I just got up.

  • 她自己起床的。

    tā zì jǐ qǐ chuáng de

    She woke up on her own.

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