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尿床 (niào chuáng) — (verb) to wet the bed; (noun) bed-wetting

Definition

A verb-noun pair meaning 'to wet the bed' / 'bed-wetting', typically used for young children who urinate in their sleep. It is a fixed expression, not a separable verb.

verb
to wet the bed
noun
bed-wetting

Examples

  • 尿床，。
    Hái zi wǔ suì le hái niào chuáng, jiā zhǎng hěn dān xīn.
    The child is five years old and still wets the bed; the parents are very worried.
  • 。
    Tā zuó wǎn yòu niào le yí cì chuáng.
    He wet the bed again last night.
  • 尿床。
    niào chuáng Shì hěn duō yòu ér cháng jiàn de wèn tí.
    Bed-wetting is a common problem for many young children.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

尿niàowet by urinating
床chuángbed

尿 means to wet by urinating and 床 is the bed, giving wet the bed.

Characters in this word

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

Originally it drew a person urinating. The old form used 尾 (tail) and 水 (water); 尾 later simplified to 尸 (body), so 尿 now shows 尸 and 水.

Open 尿 →

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 →
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