Definition
床头柜 literally means 'bedside table' or 'nightstand' — the small piece of furniture next to your bed. In slang, it's a humorous term for a henpecked husband, playing on the homophone 跪 (guì, 'to kneel'): the visual of a husband kneeling by the bed as a punishment. You mainly hear the slang in jokes or light teasing, not in formal speech.
n.
bedside tablenightstand(slang) henpecked husband
Examples
- 床头柜。Wǒ zài chuáng tóu guì shàng fàng le yì zhǎn táidēng hé yì běn zázhì.I put a lamp and a magazine on the bedside table.
- 床头柜，。Péngyou xiào tā shì chuáng tóu guì, shuō tā shénme dōu tīng lǎopó de.His friends joked that he was a henpecked husband, saying he does everything his wife says.
- 床头柜，。Xīn mǎi de chuáng tóu guì kuǎnshì jiǎndān, hěn pèi wòshì de fēnggé.The newly bought nightstand has a simple style that matches the bedroom decor.
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