HSK7

lie down

Senses

/ 臥 for sleeping

(bound form) used for sleeping or resting; used in words for bedrooms and sleeping berths

/ 臥 to lie down

to lie down; to crouch or sit (of animals or birds); to be in a horizontal position

/ 臥 to poach

to poach eggs (dropping a shelled egg into boiling water, milk, or soup)

/ 臥 to live in seclusion

(literary) to live in seclusion or retirement

/ 臥 sleeping berth

a sleeping berth on a train (short for 卧铺 wò​pù)

References

abbreviation 卧/臥 卧铺/臥鋪