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Chinese symbol for “bunk”

铺位
pù wèi
Traditional: 鋪位
bunk; berth

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bunk is 铺位 (pù wèi), defined as: bunk; berth.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

铺 pù
shop, store; bed, mattress
radical 167 ⾦ · 12 strokes
位 wèi
seat, throne; rank, status; position, location
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “bunk”

WordPinyinMeaning
空话 (空話)kōng huàempty talk; bunk
床位chuáng wèibed (in hospital, hotel, train etc); berth
鬼扯guǐ chěnonsense; humbug

Related words

Other words that share a character with 铺位.

WordPinyinMeaning
店铺 (店鋪)diàn pùstore; shop
铺设 (鋪設)pū shèto lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline); to install (wiring, cable)
商铺 (商鋪)shāng pùshop; store
铺路 (鋪路)pū lùto pave (with paving stones); to lay a road
铺垫 (鋪墊)pū diànto spread out bedding; bedcover
铺天盖地 (鋪天蓋地)pū tiān gài dì(lit.) eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom); (fig.) arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive
单位 (單位)dān wèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)
位于 (位於)wèi yúto be located at; to be situated at

See also: Japanese symbol for “bunk”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.