卧 (臥) wò

1. wò verb to lie
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Posture
   Notes: In the sense of 躺下 (Guoyu '臥' v 1; Unihan '臥')
2. wò verb to crouch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '臥' v 3; Unihan '臥')
3. wò verb to rest; to sleep
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 睡觉 or 休息 (Guoyu '臥' v 2)
4. wò verb to cut across; to traverse
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 横陈 (Guoyu '臥' v 4)
5. wò verb to live in seclusion
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 隐居 (Guoyu '臥' v 5)
6. wò adjective providing rest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '臥' adj)

Contained in

• 俯卧(俯臥) to lie prone
• 卧房(臥房) bedroom; a sleeping compartment (on a train)
• 卧薪尝胆(臥薪嘗膽) lie on firewood and taste gall; to harden oneself for revenge
• 卧铺(臥鋪) a bed (on a train); a couchette
• 抵足而卧(抵足而臥) to live and sleep together; a close friendship
• 卧推(臥推) bench press
• 长卧不觉(長臥不覺) to eternally lie unconscious; to die
• 卧底(臥底) to hide (as an undercover agent); an insider (in a gang of thieves); a mole
• 伏卧(伏臥) lying down; to lie prostrate; prone
• 卧不安(臥不安) restless insomnia
• 倒街卧巷(倒街臥巷) living on the streets
• 卧果儿(臥果兒) a poached egg
• 卧虎藏龙(臥虎藏龍) hidden dragon, crouching tiger; talented individuals in hiding ; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• 僵卧(僵臥) to lie down still
• 倒卧(倒臥) to lie down; to drop dead
• 卧具(臥具) bedding
• 卧式(臥式) lying; horizontal
• 蜷卧(蜷臥) to curl up; to lie curled up
• 食荼卧棘(食荼臥棘) to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns; to share the hard life of the common people
• 俯卧撑(俯臥撐) press-up (physical exercise); push-up
• 吉祥卧(吉祥臥) to recline
• 藏龙卧虎(藏龍臥虎) hidden dragon, crouching tiger; talented individuals in hiding; concealed talent
• 侧卧(側臥) to lie on one's side
• 卧车(臥車) a sleeping car; wagon-lits
• 沈卧(沈臥) confined to bed
• 卧内(臥內) bedroom
• 横卧(橫臥) to recline
• 盘龙卧虎(盤龍臥虎) coiled dragon, crouching tiger; talented individuals in hiding; concealed talent
• 卧倒(臥倒) to lie down; to drop to the ground
• 卧舱(臥艙) sleeping cabin on a boat or train
• 仰卧推举(仰臥推舉) bench press
• 仰卧(仰臥) to lie supine
• 卧室(臥室) bedroom
• 卧草(臥草) WTF; (soccer) to waste time by feigning injury
• 偃卧(偃臥) to lie [on one's back] facing up
• 软卧(軟臥) soft sleeper (a type of sleeper train ticket class with a softer bunk)
• 卧床(臥床) to lie in bed; bedridden; bed
• 卧轨(臥軌) to lie across the railway tracks (to commit suicide or to prevent trains from getting through)
• 卧病(臥病) ill in bed; bed-ridden
• 卧虎(臥虎) crouching tiger ; a major figure in hiding; concealed talent
• 横躺竖卧(橫躺豎臥) to lie down all over the place; exhausted and in disarray
• 和衣而卧(和衣而臥) to lie down to sleep with one's clothes on
• 卧蚕(臥蠶) plump lower eyelids (considered to be an attractive feature)
• 卧钩(臥鉤) flat hook stroke; CJK Stroke BXG

Also contained in

卧龙大熊猫保护区 、 卧龙区 、 漏卧 、 卧龙岗 、 莫卧儿帝国 、 莫卧儿王朝 、 卧龙自然保护区

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Truncated for common words

• 卷六十四 志第四十 儀衞 Volume 64 Treatises 40: Ceremonial Guards History of Ming 明史 — count: 10
• 《臥部》 Wò Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 7
• 卷九十五 列傳第六十五 藝術 Volume 95 Biographies 65: Arts Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 7
• 卷三十 Scroll 30 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
• 卷九 魏書十 荀彧荀攸賈詡傳 Volume 9: Book of Wei 9 - Biographies of the Xiahous and Caos Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 6
• 第二十八回 Chapter 28 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 6
• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 6
• 卷三百〇二 列傳第一百九十 列女二 Volume 302 Biographies 190: Exemplary Women 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
• 卷四十一 Scroll 41 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
• 卷二十八 Scroll 28 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5

Collocations

• 卧起 (臥起) 與上臥起 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《佞幸列傳》 Biographies of Flatterers — count: 14
• 上卧 (上臥) 與上臥起 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《佞幸列傳》 Biographies of Flatterers — count: 8
• 病卧 (病臥) 病臥五日不寤 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《封禪書》 Religious sacrificial ceremonies — count: 6
• 坐卧 (坐臥) 坐臥即仰膽 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《越王句踐世家》 House of King Goujian of Yue — count: 5
• 睡卧 (睡臥) 下走睡臥 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說左上第三十二 Chapter 32: A Collection of Sayings III — count: 3
• 卧反 (臥反) 胡卧反 — Xunzi 荀子, 修身篇第二 Chapter 2: Cultivation — count: 3
• 疾卧 (疾臥) 稱疾臥 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷三十六 楚元王傳 Volume 36: Prince Yuan of Chu --- Liu Xiang and Liu Xin — count: 3
• 卧内 (臥內) 皆拜卧內牀下 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十八 霍光金日磾傳 Volume 68: Huo Guang and Jin Midi — count: 3
• 觉卧 (覺臥) 若覺臥 — Guanzi 管子, 宙合第十一 Chapter 11: Zhou He — count: 3
• 坚卧 (堅臥) 亞夫堅臥不起 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷四十 張陳王周傳 Volume 40: Zhang, Chen, Wang and Zhou — count: 3