侧卧 (cè) — to lie on one's side

Definition

Examples

• 医生建议他侧卧睡觉，这样对呼吸更好。
  Yī shēng jiàn yì tā cè shuì jiào, zhè yàng duì hū xī gèng hǎo.
  The doctor advised him to sleep on his side, which is better for breathing.
• 侧卧是一种常见的睡眠姿势。
  cè Shì yì zhǒng cháng jiàn de shuì mián zī shì.
  Sleeping on one's side is a common sleeping position.
• 他侧卧着看书，不一会儿就睡着了。
  Tā cè zhe kàn shū, bù yí huì r jiù shuì zháo le.
  He was reading lying on his side and fell asleep after a while.