臥床

See also: 卧床 and 臥牀

Chinese

		to lie; to crouch	bed; couch; (a measure word)
trad. (臥床/臥牀)		臥	床/牀
simp. (卧床)		卧	床

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wòchuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁶ cong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wòchuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wòchuáng
    • Wade–Giles: wo⁴-chʻuang²
    • Yale: wò-chwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wohchwang
    • Palladius: вочуан (vočuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngo⁶ cong⁴
    • Yale: ngoh chòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁶ tsong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁶ cong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²² t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹/

Verb

臥床

1. to be confined to bed; to be bedridden

Derived terms

• 臥床不起／卧床不起 (wòchuángbùqǐ)

 

Noun

臥床

1. bed

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 床 (“bed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		床
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		床, 床鋪, 睡鋪, 臥床
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	床
	Taiwan	床
	Ulanhot	床
	Tongliao	床
	Chifeng	床
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	床
	Harbin	床
	Shenyang	床
	Malaysia	床
	Singapore	床
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	床
	Jinan	床
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	床
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	床
	Wanrong	床
	Zhengzhou	床
	Xi'an	床, 床子
	Xining	床
	Xuzhou	床
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	牙床, 被窩
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	床
	Bayanhot	床
	Lanzhou	床
	Ürümqi	床
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	床, 鋪 with bedclothes, 床鋪 with bedclothes
	Wuhan	床, 鋪 with bedclothes
	Guiyang	床
	Kunming	床
	Guilin	床鋪, 床
	Pingle	床鋪
	Liuzhou	床鋪, 床
	Luzhai	床鋪
	Nanning (Wuming)	床, 床鋪
	Binyang (Nanjie)	床
	Hechi (Yizhou)	床, 床鋪
	Luocheng (Dongmen)	床, 床鋪
	Tianlin (Langping)	床鋪
	Dagudi (Maliba)	床
	Reshuitang (Longling)	床
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	床鋪
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	床
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	床
	Yangzhou	床
	Hefei	床
	Huanggang	床
Cantonese	Guangzhou	床
	Hong Kong	床
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	床
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	眠床
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	眠床
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	眠床
	Taishan	床
	Dongguan	床, 眠床 Houjie
	Yangjiang	床
	Nanning	床鋪, 床
	Wuzhou	床鋪, 床
	Yulin	床鋪, 床
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	床鋪, 床
	Baise	床
	Qinzhou	床
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	床
	Beihai	床
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	床
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	床
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	床
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	床
	Singapore (Guangfu)	床
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	床
	Móng Cái	床
Gan	Nanchang	床
	Lichuan	床
	Pingxiang	床, 鋪 with bedclothes
Hakka	Meixian	眠床, 床
	Dabu (Xihe)	眠床
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	眠床
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	床
	Wuhua (Changbu)	床
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	眠床
	Jiexi	眠床
	Luhe	眠床
	Yudu	床
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	眠床
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	眠床
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	眠床
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	眠床
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	眠床
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	眠床
	Hong Kong	眠床
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	床鋪
	Bobai (Shahe)	床
	Sabah (Longchuan)	眠床
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	床
	Senai (Huiyang)	眠床
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	眠床
	Singkawang	眠床
Huizhou	Jixi	床
Jin	Taiyuan	床
	Xinzhou	床
	Taibus (Baochang)	床
	Linhe	床
	Jining	床
	Hohhot	床
	Baotou	床
	Dongsheng	床
	Haibowan	床
Northern Min	Jian'ou	床, 眠床
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	眠床
	Fuzhou (Changle)	眠床
	Lianjiang	眠床
	Fuqing	眠床, 大床, 大鋪
	Yongtai	眠床
	Minqing	眠床
	Gutian	眠床
	Pingnan	床
	Luoyuan	眠床
	Fu'an	床
	Ningde	床
	Xiapu	床
	Zherong	眠床
	Shouning	床
	Zhouning	床
	Fuding	眠床
	Matsu	鋪
Southern Min	Xiamen	眠床
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	眠床, 床
	Quanzhou	眠床, 鋪
	Jinjiang	眠床
	Hui'an	眠床
	Yongchun	眠床
	Dehua	眠床
	Zhangzhou	眠床
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	眠床
	Hua'an	眠床
	Zhao'an	床
	Taipei	眠床
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	眠床
	Kaohsiung	眠床
	Yilan	眠床, 睏床
	Changhua (Lukang)	眠床
	Taichung	眠床
	Tainan	眠床
	Hsinchu	眠床
	Kinmen	眠床
	Penghu (Magong)	眠床
	Penang (Hokkien)	眠床
	Singapore (Hokkien)	眠床
	Manila (Hokkien)	眠床, 床
	Medan (Hokkien)	眠床
	Longyan	眠床
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	眠床鋪, 眠床
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	床鋪
	Chaozhou	眠床
	Shantou	眠床
	Shantou (Chenghai)	眠床
	Jieyang	眠床
	Lufeng	眠床
	Haifeng	眠床
	Bangkok (Teochew)	眠床
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	眠床
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	眠床
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	床
	Singapore (Teochew)	眠床
	Batam (Teochew)	眠床
	Leizhou	床
	Wenchang	床, 眠床
	Haikou	床
	Singapore (Hainanese)	床, 暝床
Puxian Min	Putian	鋪, 眠床 old wooden bed
Central Min	Yong'an	眠床
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	眠床
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	床
Shehua	Fu'an	床
	Fuding	床
	Luoyuan	床
	Sanming	床
	Shunchang	床
	Hua'an	床
	Guixi (Zhangping)	床
	Cangnan	床
	Jingning (Hexi)	床
	Lishui	床
	Longyou	床
	Chaozhou	床
	Fengshun	眠床
Wu	Shanghai	床, 眠床 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	床
	Suzhou	床
	Danyang	床
	Hangzhou	眠床, 床
	Ningbo	眠床
	Wenzhou	床, 眠床
	Jinhua	床
Xiang	Changsha	床, 床鋪, 鋪 with bedclothes
	Xiangxiang	床
	Loudi	床, 鋪 with bedclothes
	Shuangfeng	床, 床鋪, 鋪 with bedclothes
	Quanzhou	床

Japanese

Kanji in this term
臥	床
が Jinmeiyō	しょう Grade: S
on'yomi	kan'yōon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がしょー [gàshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠ɕo̞ː]

Noun

臥(が)床(しょう) • (gashō) ^{←ぐわしやう (gwasyau)?}

1. being confined to bed
2. a bed, a berth, a sleeping platform

Verb

臥(が)床(しょう)する • (gashō suru) ^{←ぐわしやう (gwasyau)?}intransitive suru (stem 臥(が)床(しょう)し (gashō shi), past 臥(が)床(しょう)した (gashō shita))

1. be confined to bed (such as due to disease)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "臥床する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	臥床し	がしょうし	gashō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	臥床し	がしょうし	gashō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	臥床する	がしょうする	gashō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	臥床する	がしょうする	gashō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	臥床すれ	がしょうすれ	gashō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	臥床せよ¹ 臥床しろ²	がしょうせよ¹ がしょうしろ²	gashō seyo¹ gashō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	臥床される	がしょうされる	gashō sareru
Causative	臥床させる 臥床さす	がしょうさせる がしょうさす	gashō saseru gashō sasu
Potential	臥床できる	がしょうできる	gashō dekiru
Volitional	臥床しよう	がしょうしよう	gashō shiyō
Negative	臥床しない	がしょうしない	gashō shinai
Negative continuative	臥床せず	がしょうせず	gashō sezu
Formal	臥床します	がしょうします	gashō shimasu
Perfective	臥床した	がしょうした	gashō shita
Conjunctive	臥床して	がしょうして	gashō shite
Hypothetical conditional	臥床すれば	がしょうすれば	gashō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
臥	床

Noun

臥床 • (wasang) (hangeul 와상)

1. Hanja form^? of 와상.