起床

See also: 起牀

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	bed; couch; (a measure word)
trad. (起床/起牀)		起	床/牀
simp. (起床)		起	床

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐchuáng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hei² cong⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hei² cong³
Jin (Wiktionary): qi² cuon¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khí-chhn̂g

(Teochew, Peng'im): ki² ceng⁵
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qi³ qyan²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐchuáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄔㄨㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐchuáng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-chʻuang²
  - Yale: chǐ-chwáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiichwang
  - Palladius: цичуан (cičuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² cong⁴
  - Yale: héi chòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² tsong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² cong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hei² cong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔŋ²²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: qi² cuon¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰi⁵³ t͡sʰuɒ̃¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-chhn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: khí-tshn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qyzhngg
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰŋ̍¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰŋ̍²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰŋ̍²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ki² ceng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khí tshṳ̂ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɯŋ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: qi³ qyan²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁴¹ t͡ɕʰy̯æn¹³/

Verb

起⫽床 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to get up; to get out of bed; to wake up
提早起床 ― tízǎo qǐchuáng ― to get up early

快點起床！／快点起床！ ― Kuài diǎn qǐchuáng! ― Come on, get up!

週末就不要叫我起床了，媽媽。 [MSC, trad.]
周末就不要叫我起床了，妈妈。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhōumò jiù bù yào jiào wǒ qǐchuáng le, māma. [Pinyin]
Don't wake me up on weekends, mum.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 起床 (“to get up; to get out of bed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		起床, 起來, 起身
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	起床, 起來
	Taiwan	起床, 起來
	Chifeng	起床, 起來
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	起床, 起來
	Harbin	起床, 起床
	Shenyang	起床, 起來, 起身
	Singapore	起床, 起身
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	起來
	Tangshan	起床, 起來
	Cangzhou	起來
	Baoding	起床, 起來
	Shijiazhuang	起來
	Jinan	起床
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	起來
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	起來
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	起床, 起來
	Wanrong	起來, 起
	Zhengzhou	起來
	Xi'an	起來
	Xining	起床
	Xuzhou	起床, 起, 起來
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	起, 起來, 起床
	Lanzhou	起床, 起來
	Ürümqi	起床, 起來
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	爬起來, 起床, 起來
	Chongqing	起床, 起來
	Wuhan	起床, 起身, 起去
	Guiyang	起來, 起床, 扒起來, 扒起
	Kunming	起床
	Guilin	起來
	Liuzhou	起來, 起身
	Dagudi (Maliba)	爬起
	Reshuitang (Longling)	起床
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	爬起, 起床
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	起床
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	爬起來, 起來, 起床
	Yangzhou	起床, 起來
	Nantong	起來
	Hefei	起來
Cantonese	Guangzhou	起身
	Hong Kong	起身
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	起身
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	起身
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	起身
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	起身
	Macau	起身
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	起身
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	起身
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	起身
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	起身
	Foshan	起身
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	起身
	Foshan (Shunde)	起身
	Foshan (Sanshui)	起身
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	起身
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	起身
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	起身
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	起身
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	起身
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	起身
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	起身
	Taishan	起身
	Kaiping (Chikan)	起身
	Enping (Niujiang)	起身
	Heshan (Yayao)	起身
	Dongguan	起身
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	起身
	Nanning	起身, 起床
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	起身
	Hepu (Shatian)	爬起身
	Beihai	起身
	Beihai (Nankang)	起身
	Beihai (Yingpan)	起身
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	起身
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	起身
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	起身
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	起身
	Singapore (Guangfu)	起身
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	起身
	Móng Cái	起身
	Yangon (Taishan)	下床
	Mandalay (Taishan)	起身
Gan	Nanchang	起來, 起床
	Lichuan	條起
	Pingxiang	起頭
Hakka	Meixian	䟘床, 䟘身, 起身
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	起身
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	䟘床
	Boluo (Bendihua)	起身
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	䟘床
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	䟘床
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	䟘床
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	䟘床
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	䟘床
	Wuhua (Changbu)	䟘床
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	䟘床
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	起身
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	起身
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	起身
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	起身
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	起床
	Jiexi	䟘起
	Yudu	起床, 條起
	Shicheng	䟘床
	Shangyou (Shexi)	條起
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	䟘床
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	䟘床
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	䟘床
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	䟘床
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	跆起
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	起床, 起來
	Hong Kong	䟘身
	Senai (Huiyang)	䟘身
Huizhou	Jixi	爬才
Huizhou	Shexian	起床, 起來
Jin	Taiyuan	起床, 起
Jin	Xinzhou	起
Northern Min	Jian'ou	起來
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	趉, 爬起
Southern Min	Xiamen	起來, 起床
	Quanzhou	起來, 起床
	Zhangzhou	起來, 起床
	Zhao'an	起來
	Taipei	起床 GT, 起來 GT
	Tainan	起床
	Singapore (Hokkien)	起來
	Manila (Hokkien)	起來
	Chaozhou	走起
	Shantou	起床, 起身, 走起, 起來
	Shantou (Chenghai)	走起
	Jieyang	走起
	Puning	走醒, 走起
	Haifeng	起身
	Bangkok (Teochew)	走起
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	走起
	Singapore (Teochew)	起來, 走起
	Wenchang	起床
	Haikou	起床
Puxian Min	Putian	爬起
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	加起, 爬起
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	爬起
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	爬起
	Xianyou	蹻爬起
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蹻爬起
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蹻爬起
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	頭起
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	起床
Wu	Shanghai	䟿起來, 爬起來, 起來
	Shanghai (Chongming)	𨂝出來
	Suzhou	起來
	Danyang	起床, 起來
	Hangzhou	爬起來
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	爬起來, 爬起, 走起來, 走起
	Ningbo	爬起, 爬起來
	Wenzhou	爬起
	Jinhua	爬挈來, 爬挈
Xiang	Changsha	起床
Xiang	Loudi	起去, 起來, 起床
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Antonyms

上床 (shàngchuáng)
睡覺／睡觉 (shuìjiào)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (起床):

→ Japanese: 起床(きしょう) (kishō)
→ Korean: 기상(起床) (gisang)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
起	床
き Grade: 3	しょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きしょー [kìshóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [kʲiɕo̞ː]

Noun

起(き)床(しょう) • (kishō) ^{←きしやう (kisyau)^?}

getting out of bed

Antonyms

就床(しゅうしょう) (shūshō)

Verb

起(き)床(しょう)する • (kishō suru) ^{←きしやう (kisyau)^?}suru (stem 起(き)床(しょう)し (kishō shi), past 起(き)床(しょう)した (kishō shita))

get up; get out of bed

Conjugation

Conjugation of "起床する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	起床し	きしょうし	kishō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	起床し	きしょうし	kishō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	起床する	きしょうする	kishō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	起床する	きしょうする	kishō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	起床すれ	きしょうすれ	kishō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	起床せよ¹ 起床しろ²	きしょうせよ¹ きしょうしろ²	kishō seyo¹ kishō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	起床される	きしょうされる	kishō sareru
Causative	起床させる起床さす	きしょうさせるきしょうさす	kishō saseru kishō sasu
Potential	起床できる	きしょうできる	kishō dekiru
Volitional	起床しよう	きしょうしよう	kishō shiyō
Negative	起床しない	きしょうしない	kishō shinai
Negative continuative	起床せず	きしょうせず	kishō sezu
Formal	起床します	きしょうします	kishō shimasu
Perfective	起床した	きしょうした	kishō shita
Conjunctive	起床して	きしょうして	kishō shite
Hypothetical conditional	起床すれば	きしょうすれば	kishō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

起(お)きる (okiru)

References

“起床”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN