How to Say "Get Up" in Chinese

起床

qǐchuáng

The English phrase 'get up' is translated into Chinese as 起床 (qǐchuáng).

起床 is the most common and general way to say 'get up' in Chinese, specifically referring to the act of rising from one's bed.

Meaning: to rise from one's bed (verb)

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase is composed of 起 (qǐ), meaning 'to rise/get up' and 床 (chuáng), meaning 'bed'.

While 起床 specifically refers to rising from a bed, the more general term 起来 (qǐlái) is used for rising from any seated or lying position.

In Cantonese, 'get up' is expressed as 起身 and in Hokkien, it is expressed as 起床.

Adding 了 (le) after 起床 indicates the action has been completed or a new state has been reached, such as 'I am up now'.

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A person who struggles to get up in the morning might be jokingly called a 起床困难户 (qǐchuáng kùnnán hù), which literally translates to a 'get-up difficulty household'.
In traditional Chinese medicine, the time one 起床 is closely linked to the 'biological clock' of specific organs, particularly the lungs and large intestine between 3 am and 7 am.
In Cantonese, the term 起身 (héis sán) is used not only to mean 'get up' from bed but is also a very common colloquial way to say 'to leave' or 'to depart' a place.

你能起床嗎？
Can you get up?
This sentence shows how to ask if someone is able to get up using 起床.
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你起床早嗎？
Did you get up early?
This sentence uses 起床 to ask about the timing of getting up.
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我一般六点起床。
I usually get up at six.
This sentence uses 起床 to describe a routine time for getting up.
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