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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

起床 [qǐchuáng]
  1. 1. get up; get out of bed; surface; be up; rise
    他们已经起床了。
    They are already up.
    我习惯六点起床
    I am in the habit of getting up at six o'clock.
    起了床还想睡。
    After I got up I still felt like going back to sleep.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

起床 [qǐchuáng]
  1. 1. 睡醒后从床上下来开始活动
    起床时天刚蒙蒙亮。

Examples

天蒙蒙亮他就起床了。
He got up at the crack of dawn.
我习惯六点起床
I am in the habit of getting up at six o'clock.
我通常六点钟起床
I generally get up at six o'clock
天刚傍亮儿,他就起床了。
He managed to get up at dawn.
起床时,我发现玻璃上结了一层晨霜。
When I got up, I found that there was a layer of morning frost on the glass.
鸡一打鸣儿,她就起床准备早饭了。
She gets up to prepare breakfast as soon as she hears the rooster crow.
爷爷每天5点起床,去遛早儿。
Grandpa gets up at five o'clock and takes a morning stroll every day.
她总是平明时分起床,然后去跑步做操。
She always gets up at dawn to go jogging and do morning exercises.
我从不睡懒觉,七点钟准时起床
I never sleep in, and get up at 7o'clock every morning.

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