睡觉 睡覺 shuì jiào to go to bed / to sleep syn 起床 qǐ chuáng to get out of bed / to get up syn 床单 床單 chuáng dān bed sheet / CL:條|条[tiao2],件[jian4],張|张[zhang1],床[chuang2] syn 安置 ān zhì to find a place for / to help settle down / to arrange for / to get into bed / placement syn 弱小 ruò xiǎo small and weak / puny / the small and weak / children / women and children syn 单人 單人 dān rén one person / single (room, bed etc) syn 尿床 niào chuáng to wet the bed syn 病床 bìng chuáng hospital bed / sickbed syn 折叠 折疊 zhé dié to fold / collapsible / folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc) syn 慈爱 慈愛 cí ài love / devotion (to children) / affection, esp. towards children syn 床位 chuáng wèi bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc) / berth / bunk syn 床铺 床鋪 chuáng pù bed syn 辗转 輾轉 zhǎn zhuǎn to toss about in bed / from person to person / indirectly / to wander syn 卧床 臥床 wò chuáng to lie in bed / bedridden / bed 被单 被單 bèi dān (bed) sheet / envelope for a padded coverlet / CL:床[chuang2] syn 铺床 鋪床 pū chuáng to make a bed / to lay bedding 被窝 被窩 bèi wō (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube / (contemporary) bedding / bed cover 就寝 就寢 jiù qǐn to go to sleep / to go to bed (literary) syn 双人床 雙人床 shuāng rén chuáng double bed 便盆 biàn pén bed pan 歇息 xiē xi to have a rest / to stay for the night / to go to bed / to sleep syn 卧铺 臥鋪 wò pù a bed (on a train) / a couchette 寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn 卧病 臥病 wò bìng ill in bed / bed-ridden syn 沙发床 shā fā chuáng sofa bed / sleeper sofa 单人床 單人床 dān rén chuáng single bed / CL:張|张[zhang1] 安歇 ān xiē to go to bed / to retire for the night syn 同床异梦 同床異夢 tóng chuáng yì mèng lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom) / ostensible partners with different agendas / strange bedfellows / marital dissension syn 少年宫 少年宮 shào nián gōng Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities 起早贪黑 起早貪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late syn 床沿 chuáng yán the edge of a bed 上床 shàng chuáng to go to bed / (coll.) to have sex syn 下地 xià dì to go down to the fields / to get up from bed / to leave one's sickbed / to be born 辗转反侧 輾轉反側 zhǎn zhuǎn fǎn cè to toss and turn restlessly (in the bed) syn 乱搞 亂搞 luàn gǎo to make a mess / to mess with / to be wild / to sleep around / to jump into bed 流化床 fluidized bed / fluid bed 遗尿 遺尿 yí niào bed-wetting syn 行房 xíng fáng euphemism for sexual intercourse / to go to bed with sb syn 煤层 煤層 méi céng a coal bed / a coal seam 赖床 賴床 lài chuáng to have a lie-in / to dawdle in bed 六一儿童节 六一兒童節 liù yī ér tóng jié Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14 卧榻 臥榻 wò tà a couch / a narrow bed syn 叫床声 叫床聲 jiào chuáng shēng to moan (in bed) / cries of pleasure during love-making 花台 花臺 huā tái flower bed / flower terrace / flower stand 铺 鋪 pù plank bed / place to sleep / shop / store / (old) relay station syn 绷 繃 bēng to draw tight / to stretch taut / to tack (with thread or pin) / (bound form) embroidery hoop / (bound form) woven bed mat syn 同床共枕 tóng chuáng gòng zhěn to share the bed / (fig.) to be married 折迭床 折叠床 collapsible bed 行军床 行軍床 xíng jūn chuáng camp bed / bivouac syn 枕席 zhěn xí pillow mat / pillow and mat / bed syn 炕 kàng kang (a heatable brick bed) / to bake / to dry by the heat of a fire syn 龙床 龍床 lóng chuáng the Emperor's bed 上下床 shàng xià chuáng bunk bed syn 削足适履 削足適履 xuē zú shì lǚ to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom) / to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed) / impractical or inelegant solution syn 菜圃 cài pǔ vegetable field / vegetable bed 笫 zǐ bamboo mat / bed mat 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 大小 dà xiǎo large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate syn 童话 童話 tóng huà children's fairy tales 玩耍 wán shuǎ to play (as children do) / to amuse oneself syn 子女 zǐ nǚ children / sons and daughters syn 儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn 跟前 gēn qian (of children, parents etc) at one's side / living with one syn 哈利波特 hā lì bō tè Harry Potter (children's book character) 纳尼亚 納尼亞 nà ní yà Narnia, children's fantasy world in stories by C.S. Lewis 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 滑梯 huá tī (children's) sliding board / a slide 膝下 xī xià at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) syn 生养 生養 shēng yǎng to bring up (children) / to raise / to bear syn 保育 bǎo yù to look after (children) / childcare / to protect (wildlife, cultural heritage etc) / conservation syn 生子 shēng zǐ to give birth to a child or children 家小 jiā xiǎo wife and children / wife syn 超生 chāo shēng (Buddhism) to be reincarnated / (fig.) to be lenient / to spare sb / to have more children than allowed under family planning policy syn 儿童节 兒童節 ér tóng jié Children's Day 娃儿 娃兒 wá ér children (colloquial) syn 童装 童裝 tóng zhuāng children's clothing syn 压岁钱 壓歲錢 yā suì qián money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve 家眷 jiā juàn one's wife and children syn 转椅 轉椅 zhuàn yǐ swivel chair / children's roundabout 童趣 tóng qù qualities that delight children (e.g. bold colors in a picture, anthropomorphized characters in a TV show, the physical challenge of playground equipment) syn 怕生 pà shēng fear of strangers / to be afraid of strangers (of small children) syn 妇幼 婦幼 fù yòu women and children 王孙 王孫 wáng sūn children of the nobility syn 入学率 入學率 rù xué lǜ percentage of children who enter school 妻子 qī zǐ wife and children syn 孩子们 孩子們 hái zi men children 少儿不宜 少兒不宜 shào ér bù yí not suitable for children 教子 jiào zǐ to educate one's children / godson 生育能力 shēng yù néng lì fertility / ability to have children 小熊维尼 小熊維尼 xiǎo xióng wéi ní Winnie-the-Pooh (bear character in children's stories by A. A. Milne adapted by Disney) 失学儿童 失學儿童 shī xué r tóng out-of-school children 小人书 小人書 xiǎo rén shū children's picture story book / CL:本[ben3] syn 惊风 驚風 jīng fēng infantile convulsion (illness affecting children esp. under the age of five, marked by muscular spasms) 相夫教子 xiàng fū jiào zǐ to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom) / the traditional roles of a good wife 叶圣陶 葉聖陶 yè shèng táo Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books 家训 家訓 jiā xùn instructions to one's children / family precepts 联合国儿童基金会 聯合國兒童基金會 lián hé guó ér tóng jī jīn huì United Nations Children's Fund / UNICEF 国际儿童节 國際兒童節 guó jì ér tóng jié International Children's Day (June 1) 六亲 六親 liù qīn six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3] / one's kin syn 