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卧
臥
wò
1. to lie
2. to crouch
Very Common • Top 3%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

卧
wò
to crouch; to lie down
HSK 5 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

仰卧
yǎngwò
to lie supine
伏卧
fúwò
lying down
俯卧
fǔwò
to lie prone
倒卧
dǎowò
to lie down
侧卧
cèwò
to lie on one's side
僵卧
jiāngwò
to lie rigid and motionless
横卧
héngwò
to recline
硬卧
yìngwò
hard sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a harder bunk)
卧位
wòwèi
berth
卧佛
wòfó
reclining Buddha
卧倒
wòdǎo
to lie down
卧内
wònèi
bedroom
卧具
wòjù
bedding
卧室
wòshì
bedroom
HSK 5
卧床
wòchuáng
to lie in bed
卧底
wòdǐ
to hide (as an undercover agent)
卧式
wòshì
lying
卧房
wòfáng
bedroom
卧推
wòtuī
bench press
卧榻
wòtà
a couch

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,943
Word Frequency Rank
2,316 of 84,292

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