起床

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See also: 起牀

Chinese

to rise; to raise; to get up bed; couch; (a measure word)
trad. (起床/起牀) 起 床/牀
simp. (起床) 起 床

Pronunciation

Verb

起⫽床 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. to get up; to get out of bed; to wake up
    提早起床  ―  tízǎo qǐchuáng  ―  to get up early
    快點起床！／快点起床！  ―  Kuài diǎn qǐchuáng!  ―  Come on, get up!
    週末就不要叫我起床了，媽媽。 [MSC, trad.]
    周末就不要叫我起床了，妈妈。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhōumò jiù bù yào jiào wǒ qǐchuáng le, māma.
    Don't wake me up on weekends, mum.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 起床 (“to get up; to get out of bed”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 起床, 起來, 起身
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 起床, 起來
Taiwan 起床, 起來
Chifeng 起床, 起來
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 起床, 起來
Harbin 起床, 起床
Shenyang 起床, 起來, 起身
Singapore 起床, 起身
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 起來
Tangshan 起床, 起來
Cangzhou 起來
Baoding 起床, 起來
Shijiazhuang 起來
Jinan 起床
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 起來
Qingdao 起來
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 起床, 起來
Wanrong 起來, 起
Zhengzhou 起來
Xi'an 起來
Xining 起床
Xuzhou 起床, 起, 起來
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 起, 起來, 起床
Lanzhou 起床, 起來
Ürümqi 起床, 起來
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 爬起來, 起床, 起來
Chongqing 起床, 起來
Wuhan 起床, 起身, 起去
Guiyang 起來, 起床, 扒起來, 扒起
Kunming 起床
Guilin 起來
Liuzhou 起來, 起身
Dagudi (Maliba) 爬起
Reshuitang (Longling) 起床
Mae Salong (Lancang) 爬起, 起床
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 起床
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 爬起來, 起來, 起床
Yangzhou 起床, 起來
Nantong 起來
Hefei 起來
Cantonese Guangzhou 起身
Hong Kong 起身
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 起身
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 起身
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 起身
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 起身
Macau 起身
Guangzhou (Panyu) 起身
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 起身
Guangzhou (Conghua) 起身
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 起身
Foshan 起身
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 起身
Foshan (Shunde) 起身
Foshan (Sanshui) 起身
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 起身
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 起身
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 起身
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 起身
Zhuhai (Doumen) 起身
Jiangmen (Baisha) 起身
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 起身
Taishan 起身
Kaiping (Chikan) 起身
Enping (Niujiang) 起身
Heshan (Yayao) 起身
Dongguan 起身
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 起身
Nanning 起身, 起床
Hepu (Lianzhou) 起身
Hepu (Shatian) 爬起身
Beihai 起身
Beihai (Nankang) 起身
Beihai (Yingpan) 起身
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 起身
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 起身
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 起身
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 起身
Singapore (Guangfu) 起身
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 起身
Móng Cái 起身
Yangon (Taishan) 下床
Mandalay (Taishan) 起身
Gan Nanchang 起來, 起床
Lichuan 條起
Pingxiang 起頭
Hakka Meixian 䟘床, 䟘身, 起身
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 起身
Dongguan (Qingxi) 䟘床
Boluo (Bendihua) 起身
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 䟘床
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 䟘床
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 䟘床
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 䟘床
Wuhua (Huacheng) 䟘床
Wuhua (Changbu) 䟘床
Wuhua (Mianyang) 䟘床
Heyuan (Bendihua) 起身
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 起身
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 起身
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 起身
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 起床
Jiexi 䟘起
Yudu 起床, 條起
Shicheng 䟘床
Shangyou (Shexi) 條起
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 䟘床
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 䟘床
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 䟘床
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 䟘床
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 跆起
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 起床, 起來
Hong Kong 䟘身
Senai (Huiyang) 䟘身
Huizhou Jixi 爬才
Shexian 起床, 起來
Jin Taiyuan 起床, 起
Xinzhou 起
Northern Min Jian'ou 起來
Eastern Min Fuzhou 趉, 爬起
Southern Min Xiamen 起來, 起床
Quanzhou 起來, 起床
Zhangzhou 起來, 起床
Zhao'an 起來
Taipei 起床 GT, 起來 GT
Tainan 起床
Singapore (Hokkien) 起來
Manila (Hokkien) 起來
Chaozhou 走起
Shantou 起床, 起身, 走起, 起來
Shantou (Chenghai) 走起
Jieyang 走起
Puning 走醒, 走起
Haifeng 起身
Bangkok (Teochew) 走起
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 走起
Singapore (Teochew) 起來, 走起
Wenchang 起床
Haikou 起床
Puxian Min Putian 爬起
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 加起, 爬起
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 爬起
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 爬起
Xianyou 蹻爬起
Xianyou (Fengting) 蹻爬起
Xianyou (Youyang) 蹻爬起
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 頭起
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 起床
Wu Shanghai 䟿起來, 爬起來, 起來
Shanghai (Chongming) 𨂝出來
Suzhou 起來
Danyang 起床, 起來
Hangzhou 爬起來
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 爬起來, 爬起, 走起來, 走起
Ningbo 爬起, 爬起來
Wenzhou 爬起
Jinhua 爬挈來, 爬挈
Xiang Changsha 起床
Loudi 起去, 起來, 起床
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Antonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (起床):
  • → Japanese: 起床(きしょう) (kishō)
  • → Korean: 기상(起床) (gisang)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
起 床
き
Grade: 3 		しょう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

起(き)床(しょう) • (kishō) ←きしやう (kisyau)?

  1. getting out of bed

Antonyms

Verb

起(き)床(しょう)する • (kishō suru) ←きしやう (kisyau)?suru (stem 起(き)床(しょう)し (kishō shi), past 起(き)床(しょう)した (kishō shita))

  1. get up; get out of bed

Conjugation

Conjugation of "起床する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 起床し きしょうし kishō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 起床し きしょうし kishō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 起床する きしょうする kishō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 起床する きしょうする kishō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 起床すれ きしょうすれ kishō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 起床せよ¹
起床しろ² 		きしょうせよ¹
きしょうしろ² 		kishō seyo¹
kishō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 起床される きしょうされる kishō sareru
Causative 起床させる
起床さす 		きしょうさせる
きしょうさす 		kishō saseru
kishō sasu
Potential 起床できる きしょうできる kishō dekiru
Volitional 起床しよう きしょうしよう kishō shiyō
Negative 起床しない きしょうしない kishō shinai
Negative continuative 起床せず きしょうせず kishō sezu
Formal 起床します きしょうします kishō shimasu
Perfective 起床した きしょうした kishō shita
Conjunctive 起床して きしょうして kishō shite
Hypothetical conditional 起床すれば きしょうすれば kishō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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