Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 叫床
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
to get out of bed; to get up
叫作jiàozuòto call; to be called
床单chuángdānbed sheet; CL:條|条[tiao2],件[jian4],張|张[zhang1],床[chuang2]
床位chuángwèibed (in hospital, hotel, train etc); berth; bunk
叫板jiàobǎnto signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge
叫好jiàohǎoto applaud; to cheer