卧铺

臥鋪
wòpù
noun HSK 6 #36,380

Measure Word

一张卧铺 zhāng

Meanings

  1. 1 sleeper berth (on a train)
  2. 2 sleeping berth; bunk

Characters

A bed for lying down — a sleeper berth on a train.

Examples

Wǒ mǎi le yīzhāng wòpù piào.
I bought a sleeper berth ticket.
Wòpù bǐ yìng zuò shūfu duō le.
A sleeper berth is much more comfortable than a hard seat.
Huǒchē shàng de wòpù fēn shàng zhōng xià sān céng.
Train sleeper berths are divided into upper, middle, and lower tiers.

Tips

culture
Chinese trains have (yìng wò, hard sleeper) and 软卧 (ruǎn wò, soft sleeper). Hard sleepers have 3 tiers in an open compartment; soft sleepers have 2 tiers in a private compartment with a door.
usage
The opposite is (yìng zuò, hard seat) — the cheapest, most basic train seating.

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