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    Chinese Grammar

    Expressing 'to get up' with 起床 (qǐchuáng)

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    Time Expressions

    Structure

    起床

    Explanation

    起床 (qǐchuáng) means "to get up" or "to get out of bed" and is one of the most commonly used daily-life verbs in Chinese. It is a verb-object compound formed from 起 (to rise) and 床 (bed). This word typically describes the action of waking up and leaving bed in the morning.

    Examples

    • 我每天早上六点起床。

      Wǒ měitiān zǎoshang liù diǎn qǐchuáng.

      I get up at six o'clock every morning.

    • 周末不用起床那么早，多睡一会儿吧。

      Zhōumò bùyòng qǐchuáng nàme zǎo, duō shuì yīhuìr ba.

      You don't have to get up so early on weekends — sleep in a little.

    • 他起床后第一件事就是喝一杯水。

      Tā qǐchuáng hòu dì yī jiàn shì jiùshì hē yī bēi shuǐ.

      The first thing he does after getting up is drink a glass of water.