Word information
Simplified床单
Traditional床單
Pinyinchuángdān
Part of speech名
HSK 3.05
HSK 2.06
Chinese word dictionary
床单
chuángdān · bed sheet; CL:條|条[tiao2],件[jian4],張|张[zhang1],床[chuang2]
Character breakdown
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How to learn 床单
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Related vocabulary
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
起床qǐchuáng
to get out of bed; to get up
床chuángbed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1]); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc); frame; chassis; classifier for blankets, quilts etc; variant of 床[chuang2]
菜单càidānmenu; CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]
简单jiǎndānsimple; not complicated
名单míngdānlist of names
单位dānwèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform); CL:個|个[ge4]