卧 — Chinese character
卧
wò
to crouch; to lie down
- Pinyin
- wò
- Radical
- 25 ⼘ (Divination)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 臣 卜
- Formation
- ideographic — A person 卜 (altered form of 人) laying in bed 臣
Common words with 卧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卧室 (臥室) | wò shì | bedroom; 间 (jiān) |
| 卧底 (臥底) | wò dǐ | to hide (as an undercover agent); an insider (in a gang of thieves) |
| 卧床 (臥床) | wò chuáng | to lie in bed; bedridden |
| 卧龙 (臥龍) | wò lóng | sleeping dragon; (fig.) a person of outstanding talent who lives in obscurity |
| 俯卧撑 (俯臥撐) | fǔ wò chēng | push-up; press-up (exercise) |
| 卧铺 (臥鋪) | wò pù | a bed (on a train); a couchette |
| 卧房 (臥房) | wò fáng | bedroom |
| 卧薪尝胆 (臥薪嘗膽) | wò xīn cháng dǎn | (lit.) to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾践 (Gōu jiàn), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom); (fig.) to maintain one's re |
| 卧薪尝胆 (臥薪嚐膽) | wò xīn cháng dǎn | variant of 卧薪尝胆 (wò xīn cháng dǎn) |
| 卧倒 (臥倒) | wò dǎo | to lie down; to drop to the ground |
| 卧虎藏龙 (臥虎藏龍) | wò hǔ cáng lóng | lit. hidden dragon, crouching tiger (idiom); fig. talented individuals in hiding |
| 卧式 (臥式) | wò shì | (of an object or device) horizontal in design; intended to lie flat or operate in a lying position; (of an action) performed lying down |
English words written with 卧
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.