Keyword
to crouch
- to lie down
- Frequency
- #2110
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
wò
Mnemonic
A person 卜 (altered form of 人) laying in bed 臣
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
卧室
bedroom
卧底
to hide (as an undercover agent); an insider (in a gang of thieves); a mole
卧
to lie; to crouch
卧床
to lie in bed; bedridden; bed
卧龙
nickname of Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮; Wolong giant panda nature reserve 卧龙大熊猫保护区 in Wenchuan county, northwest Sichuan; Wolong district of Nanyang city 南阳 (Nányáng), Henan
俯卧撑
push-up; press-up (exercise)
卧铺
a bed (on a train); a couchette
卧房
bedroom
卧薪尝胆
(lit.) to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾践 (Gōujiàn), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom); (fig.) to maintain one's resolve for revenge
卧倒
to lie down; to drop to the ground
卧虎藏龙
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, movie by Ang Lee 李安 (Lǐ'Ān)
卧式
(of an object or device) horizontal in design; intended to lie flat or operate in a lying position; (of an action) performed lying down
卧槽
(Internet slang) (substitute for 我肏 (wǒcào)) fuck; WTF
仰卧起坐
sit-up (physical exercise)
卧病
ill in bed; bed-ridden
仰卧
to lie supine
软卧
soft sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a softer bunk)
硬卧
hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk)
横卧
to recline
卧龙岗
Wollongong, Australia
俯卧
to lie prone
卧车
(railroad) sleeping car
卧轨
to lie across the railway tracks (to commit suicide or to prevent trains from getting through)
卧佛
reclining Buddha