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枕

zhěn

HSK 6 Character

What 枕 means

1. bound formpillow
2. to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. zhèn)

Example sentences

• 换枕套。
  Huàn zhěntào.
  Change the pillowcase.
• 把枕套换了。
  Bǎ zhěntào huàn le.
  Change the pillowcase.
• 我借了你的枕头。
  Wǒ jiè le nǐ de zhěntou.
  I borrowed your pillow.
• 我的枕头在等我。
  My pillow is waiting for me.
• 他把头放在枕头上。
  He put his head on the pillow.
• 她用两个枕头睡觉。
  She sleeps with two pillows.

Words starting with 枕

• 枕头zhěn toupillow
• 枕巾zhěn jīnpillow cloth
• 枕套zhěn tàopillowcase
• 枕块zhěn kuàito use clay for a pillow (during mourning period)
• 枕席zhěn xímat used to cover a pillow; (literary) bed
• 枕心zhěn xīnbare pillow (i.e. the pillow without pillow-case)
• 枕木zhěn mùrailroad tie; sleeper
• 枕叶zhěn yèoccipital lobe
• 枕藉zhěn jièto lie in total disorder; lying fallen over one another
• 枕骨zhěn gǔoccipital bone (back of the skull)
• 枕席儿zhěn xí rerhua form of 枕席
• 枕边人zhěn biān rénthe person who shares one's bed; partner; spouse
• 枕边风zhěn biān fēngpillow talk
• 枕头套zhěn tou tàopillow case
• 枕头箱zhěn tou xiāngChinese pillow box (used to keep valuables)
• 枕戈待旦zhěn gē dài dànlit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom)…
• 枕状熔岩zhěn zhuàng róng yán(geology) pillow lava
• 枕边故事zhěn biān gù shibedtime story
• 枕头大战zhěn tou dà zhànpillow fight
• 枕头蛋糕zhěn tou dàn gāoloaf cake
• 枕戈寝甲zhěn gē qǐn jiǎlit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)…
• 枕石漱流zhěn shí shù liúto live a hermit's life (in seclusion); a frugal life (idiom)
• 枕冷衾寒zhěn lěng qīn háncold pillow and lonely bed (idiom); fig. cold and solitary existence
• 枕岩漱流zhěn yán shù liúsee 枕石漱流

Words containing 枕

• 失枕shī zhěna crick in the neck; stiff neck
• 安枕ān zhěnto sleep soundly; (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries
• 抱枕bào zhěnbolster; a long pillow or cushion
• 落枕lào zhěnto have a stiff neck after sleeping; (of the head) to touch the pillow
• 叶枕yè zhěn(botany) pulvinus
• 轨枕guǐ zhěnsleeper; tie
• 头枕tóu zhěnheadrest
• 同床共枕tóng chuáng gòng zhěnto share the bed; (fig.) to be married
• 吹枕边风chuī zhěn biān fēngto sway (sb) through pillow talk
• 棕枕山雀zōng zhěn shān què(bird species of China) rufous-naped tit (Periparus rufonuchalis)
• 高枕无忧gāo zhěn wú yōuto sleep peacefully (idiom); (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries
• 蓝枕花蜜鸟lán zhěn huā mì niǎo(bird species of China) purple-naped spiderhunter (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum)
• 白枕鹤bái zhěn hè(bird species of China) white-naped crane (Antigone vipio)
• 黑枕燕鸥hēi zhěn yàn ōu(bird species of China) black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana)
• 曲肱而枕qū gōng ér zhěnlit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom); fig. content with simple things
• 黑枕黄鹂hēi zhěn huáng lí(bird species of China) black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
• 寝苫枕块qǐn shān zhěn kuàibed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom); the correct etiquette for a filial son during…
• 黑枕王鹟hēi zhěn wáng wēng(bird species of China) black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
• U型枕U xíng zhěntravel pillow
• 蓝枕八色鸫lán zhěn bā sè dōng(bird species of China) blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis)

Characters built on 冘

These share the phonetic component 冘 (yín), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 沈shěn(literary) juice
• 忱chénsincerity; honesty
• 鸩zhènlegendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison; poisonous; to poison sb

Characters that look like 枕

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 抗kàngto resist; to fight; to defy
• 祝zhùto pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc)…
• 扰rǎoto disturb
• 坑kēngpit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive
• 枉wǎngto twist; crooked; unjust
• 眈dānused in 眈眈

Sounds the same

Read zhěn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诊to examine or treat medically
• 疹measles; rash
• 缜fine and dense
• 眕to restrain anger
• 稹to accumulate; fine and close
• 轸square; strongly (as of emotion)
• 紾crooked; obstinate; twist a cord
• 畛border; boundary; field-path
• 袗unlined garment
• 弫(of a bow) impactful; powerful
• 昣(literary) bright
• 鬒bushy black hair