Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 绷床
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
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]
床单chuángdānbed sheet; CL:條|条[tiao2],件[jian4],張|张[zhang1],床[chuang2]
绷bēngto draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); (bound form) embroidery hoop; (bound form) woven bed mat; variant of 繃|绷[beng1]; variant of 繃|绷[beng3]
绷带bēngdài(loanword) bandage
床位chuángwèibed (in hospital, hotel, train etc); berth; bunk