Chinese word dictionary

床笫之事

chuáng zǐ zhī shì · bedroom matters; sexual intercourse

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Word information

Simplified床笫之事

Traditional床笫之事

Pinyinchuáng zǐ zhī shì

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

床chuáng

bed, couch; framework, chassis

笫zǐ

bed boards, sleeping mat

之zhī

marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to

事shì

affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

How to learn 床笫之事

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.

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Words with the same characters

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没事méishì

it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble)

之zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it

起床qǐchuáng

to get out of bed; to get up

事shì

matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

床chuáng

bed; 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]

事情shìqing

affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]