担架床

擔架床

dānjiàchuáng

noun

Measure Word

一张担架床 zhāng

Meanings

1 stretcher
2 stretcher-bed (often wheeled, used to transport patients)

Characters

to carry on a pole

Examples

HSK 7-9

病人被抬上担架床送进救护车。

Bìngrén bèi tái shàng dānjiàchuáng sòng jìn jiùhùchē.

The patient was lifted onto the stretcher and put into the ambulance.

HSK 7-9

医院走廊里停着几张担架床。

Yīyuàn zǒuláng lǐ tíng zhe jǐ zhāng dānjiàchuáng.

Several stretcher-beds were parked in the hospital corridor.

Tips

usage

担架 by itself already means 'stretcher'. Adding 床 (bed) emphasizes the wheeled, bed-like type used in hospitals - closer to a 'gurney' than the simple two-pole carry stretcher.

Stroke Order

担 dān

架 jià

床 chuáng