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床铺 (chuáng pù) — bed; bunk; sleeping place

Definition

noun
bedbunksleeping place
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 床铺。
    Zhè zhāng chuáng pù hěn shū fu.
    This bed is very comfortable.
  • 床铺。
    Sù shè lǐ yǒu sì gè chuáng pù.
    There are four beds in the dormitory.
  • 床铺。
    Tā tǎng zài chuáng pù shàng kàn shū.
    He is lying on the bed reading.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

床chuángbed
铺pùsleeping place

床 and 铺 both refer to a place to lie down, giving a bed or sleeping berth.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The 床 shape combines 广, a house, and 木, tree, to show a wooden bed inside a house.

Open 床 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鋪; 铺 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīngold; metal
Sound part声符shēngfú
甫
甫fǔ鋪pū
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 鋪 pairs 金 (gold; metal) with 甫 as a sound part; the simplified 铺 is a shorthand.

Open 铺 →
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