胡床

胡床

1. a type of portable folding chair

   • 淵在岸上，據胡牀，指麾左右，皆得其宜。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     渊在岸上，据胡床，指麾左右，皆得其宜。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5^th century CE

     Yuān zài àn shàng, jù húchuáng, zhǐhuī zuǒyòu, jiē dé qí yí. [Pinyin]

     Dai Yuan sat on the bank on his couch to issue orders, directing the operation with great skill.

   • 酒酣耳熱説文章，驚倒隣牆，推倒胡牀。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     酒酣耳热说文章，惊倒邻墙，推倒胡床。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1239, Liu Kezhuang（劉克莊）,一剪梅•余赴廣東實之夜餞於風亭

     Jiǔhān'ěrrè shuō wénzhāng, jīngdǎo línqiáng, tuīdǎo húchuáng. [Pinyin]

     Hot with liquor, an argument over a poem we've had.
     The noise we raise is loud enough to topple a wall,
     And all of a sudden, off our chairs we fall.

• 交床
• 交椅 (jiāoyǐ)
• 繩床／绳床