Chinese Word of the Day

卧室
wò shì

bedroom

Definitions

Chinese > English
卧室
1. Simplified form of 臥室
臥室	wò室
1. n. bedroom
Chinese > Chinese
卧室
1. 名词. 指供人在其內睡覺、休息的房間
English > Chinese
bedroom
1. 寝室
2. 卧房
3. 卧室
Components
卧
1. Simplified form of 臥
2. usage. (Chinese-region variant characters, 臥, 卧)
臥	wò
1. to lie down
2. to sleep; to rest
3. (of animals) to crouch
4. (literary) to live in seclusion; to retreat
5. (regional) to poach (to cook in boiling water)
6. (in compounds) containing a bed; used for sleeping
臥房 - bedroom
臥鋪pù - sleeping berth
7. (in compounds) sleeper
軟臥 - soft sleeper
硬臥 - hard sleeper
室	室
1. room (in a building or house); chamber
兩室一廳 - two rooms and one living room
2. (specifically in addresses) apartment number; flat number
3. (literary, or in compounds) family; household; clan
4. (literary, or in compounds) family member; dependent
5. (specifically, literary, or in compounds) wife
6. (literary, or in compounds) organ (part of an organism) shaped like a chamber; body cavity; ventricle
7. (literary, or in compounds) work unit; administrative unit
8. (literary, or in compounds) court; dynasty
9. (literary, or in compounds) home; house
10. (literary, or in compounds) office
11. (literary, or in compounds) coffin pit; grave
12. (literary, or in compounds) scabbard; sheath
13. (astronomy) Encampment (a Chinese constellation near Pegasus)
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