Chinese Bedroom and Sleep Vocabulary

In this post I will cover use vocabulary and phrases for the bedroom and sleeping.

If you need a refresher on time, check out my post on how to tell the time in Chinese.

Chinese Vocabulary: Bedroom Furniture

English Chinese Pinyin Pronunciation
bedhead 床chuáng头tóu chuáng tóu
bedroom 卧wò室shì wòshì
blanket 毯tǎn子zi tǎnzi
comforter 棉mián被bèi mián bèi
curtains 窗chuāng帘lián chuānglián
duvet 羽yǔ绒róng被bèi yǔróng bèi
hard matress 硬yìng床chuáng垫diàn yìng chuáng diàn
matress 床chuáng垫diàn chuáng diàn
pillow 枕zhěn头tou zhěntou
pillow Case 枕zhěn袋dài / 枕zhěn套tào zhěn dài/ zhěntào
quilt 被bèi子zi bèizi
sheet (for bed) 被bèi单dān bèi dān
soft matress 软ruǎn床chuáng垫diàn ruǎn chuáng diàn

Chinese Bedroom Furniture Phrases

English Chinese Pinyin Pronunciation
It’s in the drawers 它tā在zài再zài抽chōu屉ti里lǐ wǒ de yǎnjìng zài tā de shūzhuāng tái shàng
It’s locked in the last drawer of my dresser 它tā锁suǒ在zài我wǒ梳shū妆zhuāng台tái最zuì下xià面miàn的de抽chōu屉ti里lǐ zhào jìngzi。
It’s too dark here. Let me turn on the light for you. 这zhè里lǐ太tài暗àn了le,,我wǒ帮bāng你nǐ打dǎ开kāi阅yuè读dú灯dēng吧ba。. zhèlǐ tài ànle, wǒ bāng nǐ dǎkāi yuèdú dēng ba.
Look in the mirror 照zhào镜jìng子zi wǒ juédé hǎoxiàng gāng cóng èmèng zhōng xǐng lái
My glasses are on her dressing table 我wǒ的de眼yǎn镜jìng在zài她tā的de梳shū妆zhuāng台tái上shàng tā zuòle yīgè hěn kǒngbù de èmèng
The dresser is next to the bed 梳shū妆zhuāng台tái在zài床chuáng旁páng边biān wǒ zuòle yīgè mèng

Chinese Vocabulary: Bed and Bedding

English Chinese Pinyin Pronunciation
bedhead 床chuáng头tóu chuáng tóu
bedroom 卧wò室shì wòshì
blanket 毯tǎn子zi tǎnzi
comforter 棉mián被bèi mián bèi
curtains 窗chuāng帘lián chuānglián
duvet 羽yǔ绒róng被bèi yǔróng bèi
hard matress 硬yìng床chuáng垫diàn yìng chuáng diàn
matress 床chuáng垫diàn chuáng diàn
pillow 枕zhěn头tou zhěntou
pillow Case 枕zhěn袋dài / 枕zhěn套tào zhěn dài/ zhěntào
quilt 被bèi子zi bèizi
sheet (for bed) 被bèi单dān bèi dān
soft matress 软ruǎn床chuáng垫diàn ruǎn chuáng diàn

Chinese Bed and Bedding Phrases

English Chinese Pinyin Pronunciation
I change the sheets on the bed every week 每měi个gè星xīng期qī我wǒ都dōu换huàn床chuáng单dān Wǒ māmā zài fèng yīgè bèizi
I put my pillow into the pillowcase. 我wǒ把bǎ我wǒ的de枕zhěn头tou放fàng进jìn枕zhěn套tào中zhōng wǒ bǎ wǒ de zhěntou fàng jìn zhěntào zhōng
My mother is sewing a quilt 我wǒ妈mā妈ma在zài缝fèng一yī个gè被bèi子zi měi gè xīngqí wǒ dū huàn chuángdān

Chinese Vocabulary: Sleeping

English Chinese Pinyin Pronunciation
asleep 睡shuì着zháo shuìzhe
dream 梦mèng mèng
nightmare 噩è梦mèng èmèng
snoring 打dǎ呼hū噜lu dǎ hūlū
to get up 起qǐ床chuáng qǐchuáng
to go to sleep 睡shuì觉jiào shuìjiào

Chinese Sleeping Phrases

English Chinese Pinyin Pronunciation
I feel as if I had waken from a nightmare 我wǒ觉jué得de好hǎo像xiàng刚gāng从cóng噩è梦mèng中zhōng醒xǐng来lái gāi qǐchuángle
I had a dream 我wǒ做zuò了le一yī个gè梦mèng tā shì shuìzhele
Lights out in 5 minutes! 55分fēn钟zhōng内nèi就jiù要yào关guān灯dēng了le!! māmā ràng tā qù shuìjiàole
Mum asked her to go to bed 妈mā妈ma让ràng她tā去qù睡shuì觉jiào了le ránhòu chuān shàng shuìyī
She had a terrible nightmare 她tā做zuò了le一yī个gè很hěn恐kǒng怖bù的de噩è梦mèng 5 fēnzhōng nèi jiù yào guān dēngle!
She is asleep 她tā是shì睡shuì着zháo了le Wǒ dì gěi tā yīshuāng tuōxié chuān
You should get up 该gāi起qǐ床chuáng了le Tā zài zài chōutì lǐ
You were snoring last night 你nǐ昨zuó天tiān晚wǎn上shang打dǎ呼hū噜lu了le nǐ zuótiān wǎnshàng dǎ hūlūle

Chinese Vocabulary: Bed Clothes

English Chinese Pinyin Pronunciation
nightgown / bathrobe 睡shuì袍páo shuì páo
pajamas 睡shuì衣yī shuìyī
slippers 拖tuō鞋xié tuōxié

Chinese Phrases: Bed Clothes

English Chinese Pinyin Pronunciation
Go brush your teeth and put on your pajaamas 然rán后hòu穿chuān上shàng睡shuì衣yī shūzhuāng tái zài chuáng pángbiān
I handed him a pair of slippers to put on. 我wǒ递dì给gěi他tā一yī双shuāng拖tuō鞋xié穿chuān tā suǒ zài wǒ shūzhuāng tái zuì xiàmiàn de chōutì lǐ