<p>The word 躺 is an action, the acting of laying down by himself.</p>
<p>The word 躺着 is a verb, describing it/he/she laying down.</p>
<p><strong>Yes, an object can be describe laying down using the word 躺着.</strong></p>
<p>Eg. 你的电话就在那床上躺着。Your phone is just there, laying down on that bed.</p>
<p>In English people don't say like that, but in Chinese we do.</p>

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<p>Assume you have a piece of paper.</p>
<p>Now you if put a pencil on the paper, you can say: 把一支笔放在纸上。As you've already known, 放 just means &quot;put&quot;, so there is a wide range of usage.</p>
<p>If you put a stone on the paper to avoid your paper being blown away. You may want to emphasize the weight that the stone put on the paper, you can say: 把一块石头压在纸上。</p>
<p>If you put another piece of paper on the paper, you can say: 把一张纸叠在另一张纸上。You usually 叠 something similar together. say, 把桌子上的纸叠到一起，把书叠整齐，etc... Usually they are thin stuff, but there is an exception, that we call human pyramid as 叠罗汉 (罗汉 means people here)。</p>
<p>If you put something on the paper (e.g. a hat), and want no body see what you write on the paper. You can say, 把帽子盖在纸上。</p>
<p>If you put the paper on water, the paper floats on the water. Then you can say, 纸漂在水面上。If you want to emphasize that, its density is low, so that if you put it down to water, it can come back to the surface. Then you may say, a rubber duck 浮在水面上。</p>
<p>Other cases may depends on what the action look like, then you choose a corresponding verb: 衣服挂在衣架上，气球悬在屋顶上，刀子架在脖子上 etc.</p>
<p>You can use all of them with &quot;着&quot;：纸上放着笔，压着石头，叠着书，盖着帽子，supprisingly with all these stuff, 它还在水面上浮着。</p>

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Haha! 真的还在浮着吗？太奇怪了！
Pedroski
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@Pedroski 哈哈，只是开个玩笑 :)
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Frank Mi
<p>it can be expressed as &quot;one object 放(which is unnecessary)在 another object 上</p>

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Balth
<p>You can use ‘疊’ ‘叠’ ‘壓‘
Hope it useful.</p>

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<p>What verb can one use to describe an object laying on another object.</p>
<p>I know that one can use <code>躺着</code> for <strong>a person</strong> laying on/in a bed... what about an object laying, for example, on the table? <code>...着</code></p>
<p>I assume one could say <code>放着</code>, are there alternative options?</p>

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Please note that, 躺 is a special body gesture. It doesn't mean you put yourself on the bed. For example, if you face down on bed, that is 趴 instead of 躺。躺 has to be face up (or at least face to side).
Frank Mi
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躺着 can be used for persons laying on an object. What can we use for an object laying on another object? ...着?
# 躺着 can be used for persons laying on an object. What can we use for an object laying on another object? ...着?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-11-11)

What verb can one use to describe an object laying on another object.

I know that one can use `躺着` for **a person** laying on/in a bed... what about an object laying, for example, on the table? `...着`

I assume one could say `放着`, are there alternative options?

**Tags:** particles, verbs

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Please note that, 躺 is a special body gesture. It doesn't mean you put yourself on the bed. For example, if you face down on bed, that is 趴 instead of 躺。躺 has to be face up (or at least face to side).  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-11-18. Score: 2

The word 躺 is an action, the acting of laying down by himself.

The word 躺着 is a verb, describing it/he/she laying down.

**Yes, an object can be describe laying down using the word 躺着.**

Eg. 你的电话就在那床上躺着。Your phone is just there, laying down on that bed.

In English people don't say like that, but in Chinese we do.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-11-12. Score: 2

Assume you have a piece of paper.

Now you if put a pencil on the paper, you can say: 把一支笔放在纸上。As you've already known, 放 just means "put", so there is a wide range of usage.

If you put a stone on the paper to avoid your paper being blown away. You may want to emphasize the weight that the stone put on the paper, you can say: 把一块石头压在纸上。

If you put another piece of paper on the paper, you can say: 把一张纸叠在另一张纸上。You usually 叠 something similar together. say, 把桌子上的纸叠到一起，把书叠整齐，etc... Usually they are thin stuff, but there is an exception, that we call human pyramid as 叠罗汉 (罗汉 means people here)。

If you put something on the paper (e.g. a hat), and want no body see what you write on the paper. You can say, 把帽子盖在纸上。

If you put the paper on water, the paper floats on the water. Then you can say, 纸漂在水面上。If you want to emphasize that, its density is low, so that if you put it down to water, it can come back to the surface. Then you may say, a rubber duck 浮在水面上。

Other cases may depends on what the action look like, then you choose a corresponding verb: 衣服挂在衣架上，气球悬在屋顶上，刀子架在脖子上 etc.

You can use all of them with "着"：纸上放着笔，压着石头，叠着书，盖着帽子，supprisingly with all these stuff, 它还在水面上浮着。

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Haha! 真的还在浮着吗？太奇怪了！  
> **username_1**: @username_3 哈哈，只是开个玩笑 :)  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-11-11. Score: 1

it can be expressed as "one object 放(which is unnecessary)在 another object 上


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### Answer by username_5 on 2020-11-12. Score: 0

You can use ‘疊’ ‘叠’ ‘壓‘
Hope it useful.


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