"枕" Chinese-English Dictionary
Le caractère 枕
枕
- Radical
- 木 (4 traits)
- Number of strokes
- 8
- Structure
- gauche et droite
- Cangjie
- DLBU 木中月山
- Sijiao
- 4491.2
- Wubi
- SPQN
- GB 2312
- D5ED
- Big5
- AA45
- Unicode
- U+6795
Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 枕 | (bound form) pillow / to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhen4]) | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 枕头 枕頭 | pillow | syn | |
| 枕套 | pillowcase | ||
| 枕巾 | pillow cloth | ||
| 枕木 | railroad tie / sleeper | syn | |
| 枕席 | pillow mat / pillow and mat / bed | syn | |
| 枕骨 | occipital bone (back of the skull) | syn | |
| 枕藉 | to lie in total disorder / lying fallen over one another | ||
| 枕块 枕塊 | to use clay for a pillow (during mourning period) | ||
| 枕心 | bare pillow (i.e. the pillow without pillow-case) | ||
| 枕叶 枕葉 | occipital lobe | ||
| 枕葄 | pillow | ||
| 枕头套 枕頭套 | pillow case | ||
| 枕边风 枕邊風 | pillow talk | ||
| 枕边人 枕邊人 | the person who shares one's bed / partner / spouse | ||
| 枕头箱 枕頭箱 | Chinese pillow box (used to keep valuables) | ||
| 枕席儿 枕席兒 | erhua variant of 枕席[zhen3 xi2] | ||
| 枕戈待旦 | lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle | syn | |
| 枕戈寝甲 枕戈寢甲 | lit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom) / fig. to keep ready for battle at all times | ||
| 枕冷衾寒 | cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom) / fig. cold and solitary existence | ||
| 枕石漱流 | to live a hermit's life (in seclusion) / a frugal life (idiom) | ||
| 枕岩漱流 | see 枕石漱流[zhen3 shi2 shu4 liu2] | ||
| 枕边故事 枕邊故事 | bedtime story | ||
| 枕头蛋糕 枕頭蛋糕 | loaf cake | ||
| 枕头大战 枕頭大戰 | pillow fight | ||
| 枕状熔岩 枕狀熔岩 | (geology) pillow lava |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 抱枕 | bolster / a long pillow or cushion | ||
| 落枕 | to have a stiff neck after sleeping / (of the head) to touch the pillow | ||
| 安枕 | to sleep soundly / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries | ||
| 轨枕 軌枕 | sleeper / tie | ||
| 失枕 | a crick in the neck / stiff neck | ||
| 头枕 頭枕 | headrest | ||
| 叶枕 葉枕 | (botany) pulvinus | ||
| 白枕鹤 白枕鶴 | (bird species of China) white-naped crane (Antigone vipio) | ||
| U型枕 | travel pillow | ||
| 高枕无忧 高枕無憂 | to sleep peacefully (idiom) / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries | syn | |
| 寝苫枕块 寢苫枕塊 | bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom) / the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period | ||
| 曲肱而枕 | lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom) / fig. content with simple things | ||
| 同床共枕 | to share the bed / (fig.) to be married | ||
| 吹枕边风 吹枕邊風 | to sway (sb) through pillow talk | ||
| 黑枕黄鹂 黑枕黃鸝 | (bird species of China) black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis) | ||
| 黑枕王鹟 黑枕王鶲 | (bird species of China) black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea) | ||
| 黑枕燕鸥 黑枕燕鷗 | (bird species of China) black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana) | ||
| 棕枕山雀 | (bird species of China) rufous-naped tit (Periparus rufonuchalis) |