臥 (wò)
to lie down; to crouch (mostly used in compounds like 臥室 'bedroom')
How 臥 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 臣 — minister/official
- Traditional
- 臥
- Simplified
- 卧
Components
- 臣 minister/official
- 人 human
Common words using 臥
- 臥室 wòshì
- bedroom; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 臥底 wòdǐ
- to hide (as an undercover agent); an insider (in a gang of thieves); a mole
- 臥虎 wòhǔ
- crouching tiger; fig. major figure in hiding; concealed talent
- 仰臥 yǎngwò
- to lie supine
- 俯臥撐 fǔwòchēng
- press-up (physical exercise); push-up
- 側臥 cèwò
- to lie on one's side
- 硬臥 yìngwò
- hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk)
- 臥倒 wòdǎo
- to lie down; to drop to the ground
- 臥床 wòchuáng
- a bed
- 臥虎藏龍 wòhǔcánglóng
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, movie by Ang Lee 李安
- 臥鋪 wòpù
- a bed (on a train); a couchette
- 臥龍 wòlóng
- nickname of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮; Wolong giant panda nature reserve 臥龍大熊貓保護區|卧龙大熊猫保护区 in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan; Wolong district of Nanyang city 南陽|南阳[Nan2 yang2], Henan
臥 in a sentence
我的臥室在二樓。
Wǒ de wòshì zài èr lóu.
“My bedroom is on the second floor.”
How common is 臥?
臥 is the 1,941st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.9% of all running text.
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