起床
qǐ chuáng
Pinyin

Definition

起床
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qǐ chuáng
  1. to get out of bed
  2. to get up

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
在一起
zài yī qǐ
  1. 1 together
发起
fā qǐ
  1. 1 to originate
  2. 2 to initiate
  3. 3 to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
  4. 4 to start
  5. 5 to propose sth (for the first time)
起
qǐ
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to raise
  3. 3 to get up
  4. 4 to set out
  5. 5 to start
  6. 6 to appear
  7. 7 to launch
  8. 8 to initiate (action)
  9. 9 to draft
  10. 10 to establish
  11. 11 to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. 12 verb suffix, to start
  13. 13 starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. 14 classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15 classifier for groups: batch, group
起来
qǐ lai
  1. 1 to stand up
  2. 2 to get up
  3. 3 also pr. [qǐ lái]

Idioms (20)

一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
勤俭起家
qín jiǎn qǐ jiā
  1. 1 to rise up by thrift and hard work (idiom)

Sample Sentences

宝贝该起床了，再不起来你上班要迟到了。
bǎobèir gāi qǐchuáng le ，zài bù qǐlái nǐ shàngbān yào chídào le 。
Darling, it's time to get up, if you don't get up now you'll be late for work.
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这一大清早的像完成了我一天的预期，人类之间的差距也太大了吧，我受到了一万点的伤害。不过真是牛！你都几点起床啊？
zhè yī dàqīngzǎo de xiàng wánchéng le wǒ yī tiān de yùqī ，rénlèi zhījiān de chājù yě tài dà le ba ，wǒ shòudào le yīwàn diǎn de shānghài 。bùguò zhēn shì niú ！nǐ dōu jǐ diǎn qǐchuáng ā ？
You've finished my whole to do list in one morning. The difference between two human beings couldn't be greater. I'm so terribly hurt right now. But jeez, that bloody awesome! What time do you get up?
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那你不妨从早起半小时开始试试，甚至一刻钟也行，循序渐进，配合早睡，慢慢调整生物钟，起床后做你最感兴趣的事，然后摸索出最适合自己的早起方案。
nà nǐ bùfáng cóng zǎoqǐ bàn xiǎoshí kāishǐ shìshi ，shènzhì yīkèzhōng yě xíng ，xúnxv4jiànjìn ，pèihé zǎo shuì ，mànmàn tiáozhěng shēngwùzhōng ，qǐchuáng hòu zuò nǐ zuì gǎn xìngqù de shì ，ránhòu mōsuo chū zuì shìhé zìjǐ de zǎoqǐ fāngàn 。
Then why don't you try waking up half an hour earlier than usual. Or even just fifteen minutes later. Just trying baby step by baby step. Combined with going to be early, you should be able to slowly reset your biological clock. Do something that interests you the most in the morning, then slowly figure out the "morning package" that suits you best.
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你也太正面了，可我没办法像你一样五点起床，那简直要了我的命。
nǐ yě tài zhèngmiàn le ，kě wǒ méi bànfǎ xiàng nǐ yīyàng wǔ diǎn qǐchuáng ，nà jiǎnzhí yào le wǒ de mìng 。
You are too proactive. There's no way I can get up at five like you. That's asking way too much of me.
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口渴了得喝水，当然毋庸置疑。可那是被动地喝水，我们还要主动地来补水，比如清早起床后喝杯温开水，有助于稀释血液，帮助肝肾代谢，排除体内废物，养颜又保健。
kǒukě le děi hēshuǐ ，dāngrán wúyōngzhìyí 。kě nà shì bèidòng de hēshuǐ ，wǒmen hái yào zhǔdòng de lái bǔ shuǐ ，bǐrú qīngzǎo qǐchuáng hòu hē bēi wēn kāishuǐ ，yǒuzhùyú xīshì xuèyè ，bāngzhù gān shèn dàixiè ，páichú tǐnèi fèiwù ，yǎngyán yòu bǎojiàn 。
Of course there's no question that if you're thirsty you should drink water. But that's drinking water in a passive way. We also have to be proactive in supplementing our water intake, like, for example, early in the morning when you get out of bed, drinking a glass of warm boiled water helps ease your circulation, as well as helping your liver and kidneys metabolize, to rid yourself of toxins, helping improve your skin and keeping you healthy.
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我一起床就喝咖啡。
wǒ yī qǐchuáng jiù hē kāfēi 。
As soon as I wake up, I drink coffee.
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起床晚了，没时间吃。
qǐchuáng wǎn le ，méishíjiān chī 。
I got up late, so I didn't have time to eat.
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要不是你昨天提早打电话叫我起床，我可能就迟到了。
yàobùshì nǐ zuótiān tízǎo dǎ diànhuà jiào wǒ qǐchuáng ，wǒ kěnéng jiù chídào le 。
If it weren't for your call yesterday, waking me up ahead of time, I would have been late.
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下礼拜面试还是要麻烦你叫我起床，我的新工作就靠你了！
xià lǐbài miànshì háishì yào máfan nǐ jiào wǒ qǐchuáng ，wǒ de xīn gōngzuò jiù kào nǐ le ！
I would like to ask you to wake me up again for my interview next week. My new job totally depends on you!
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我的老天爷，一定要现在跟我吵吗？再三个小时我就得起床了，帮帮忙！
wǒ de lǎotiānyé ，yídìng yào xiànzài gēn wǒ chǎo ma ？zài sānge xiǎoshí wǒ jiù děi qǐchuáng le ，bāng bang máng ！
My god! Do we have to argue about this now? I have to get up in three hours. Do me a favor!
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