"枕" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Strokes 4
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Strokes 8
Structure
Decomp. 木冘
Prononciation
Mandarin zhěn
Entry Methods
Pinyin zhen3
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DLBU
木中月山
Sijiao 4491.2
Wubi SPQN
CNS 11643 1-4E28
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+6795
GB2312 D5ED
BIG5 AA45
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 zhěn pillow / to pillow / to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhen4] for this sense)
Results beginning with 枕
 zhěn tou pillow
 zhěn tào pillowcase
 zhěn jīn pillow cloth
 zhěn mù railroad tie / sleeper
 zhěn xí pillow mat / pillow and mat / bed
 zhěn gǔ occipital bone (back of the skull)
 zhěn jiè to lie in total disorder / lying fallen over one another
 zhěn kuài to use clay for a pillow (during mourning period)
 zhěn xīn bare pillow (i.e. the pillow without pillow-case)
 zhěn yè occipital lobe
 zhěn zuò pillow
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 zhěn tou tào pillow case
 zhěn biān fēng pillow talk
 zhěn biān rén the person who shares your bed / partner / spouse
 zhěn tou xiāng Chinese pillow box (used to keep valuables)
 zhěn xí r erhua variant of 枕席[zhen3 xi2]
 zhěn gē dài dàn to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
 zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom) / to keep ready for battle at all times
 zhěn lěng qīn hán cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom) / fig. cold and solitary existence
 zhěn shí shù liú to live a hermit's life (in seclusion) / a frugal life (idiom)
 zhěn yán shù liú see 枕石漱流[zhen3 shi2 shu4 liu2]
 zhěn biān gù shi bedtime story
 zhěn tou dàn gāo loaf cake
 zhěn zhuàng róng yán pillow lava / pillow basalt
 zhěn zhuàng xuán wǔ yán pillow lava (geology) / pillow basalt
Approximate Results for 枕
 bào zhěn bolster / a long pillow or cushion
 lào zhěn to have a stiff neck after sleeping / (of the head) to touch the pillow
 ān zhěn to sleep soundly / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries
 guǐ zhěn sleeper / tie
 shī zhěn a crick in the neck / stiff neck
 tóu zhěn headrest
 yè zhěn pulvini
U型 U xíng zhěn travel pillow
 bái zhěn hè (bird species of China) white-naped crane (Grus vipio)
 gāo zhěn wú yōu to sleep peacefully (idiom) / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries
 qǐn shān zhěn kuài bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom) / the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period
 qū gōng ér zhěn lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom) / fig. content with simple things
 chuī zhěn biān fēng to sway (sb) through pillow talk
 hēi zhěn huáng lí (bird species of China) black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
 hēi zhěn wáng wēng (bird species of China) black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
 hēi zhěn yàn ōu (bird species of China) black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana)
 tóng chuáng gòng zhěn to share the bed / (fig.) to be married
 zōng zhěn shān què (bird species of China) rufous-naped tit (Periparus rufonuchalis)
 lán zhěn bā sè dōng (bird species of China) blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis)
 lán zhěn huā mì niǎo (bird species of China) purple-naped sunbird (Hypogramma hypogrammicum)
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