Sentence #934181 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 床单 is built
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床chuángbed; couch 张)
广shelter · guǎng
木tree · mù
Memory aidPicture wood 木 under a shelter 广: a bed.
单dānbill
单 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
How to write 床单
床 7 strokes · 单 8 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 床单 (chuángdān). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
床单 (chuángdān) means “bed sheet”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chuángdān: chuáng with a 2nd tone, then dān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 床单 is written 床單. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 条 (tiáo) or 件 (jiàn). For example, one bed sheet is 一条床单 (yì tiáo chuángdān).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuangdan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 床单 from the suggestions. Typing chuangdan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
床单 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
床chuáng2nd tone, rising
单dān1st tone, high and level
