起床号 (qǐ chuáng háo) — (military) reveille, bugle call to wake up sold…

Definition

noun

(military) reveille, bugle call to wake up soldiers or campers

Measure word · 个

，起床号。
Měi tiān zǎo shàng liù diǎn, yíng dì lǐ zhǔn shí chuī qǐ chuáng háo.
Every morning at six o'clock, the camp sounds the reveille.
起床号。
Xīn bīng tīng dào qǐ chuáng háo hòu bì xū lì kè qǐ chuáng.
Recruits must get up immediately after hearing the reveille.
起床号，。
Jūn yíng de qǐ chuáng háo shēng yīn xiǎng liàng, quán lián dōu néng tīng jiàn.
The reveille in the barracks is loud and clear, audible to the entire company.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

起床get up

动宾Verb + object

起床 means getting out of bed and 号 is a bugle call, so the call to get up.

Characters in this word

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

走巳起

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

巳

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

起 is made from 走 and 巳: 走 is the part connected with walking or running, and 巳 gives the sound.

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

广木床

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

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

口丂号

The shape 号 comes from 口, a mouth, and 丂, exhaled air or a tiger's cry.