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枕头

zhěn tou

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 枕頭

枕头 (zhěn tou) means "pillow". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 枕头 means

1. pillow

The characters in 枕头

• 枕zhěn(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. zhèn)
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Example sentences

• 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.
• 我还需要一个枕头。
  I need another pillow.
• 他们打了一场枕头战。
  They had a pillow fight.

Words starting with 枕头

• 枕头套zhěn tou tàopillow case
• 枕头箱zhěn tou xiāngChinese pillow box (used to keep valuables)
• 枕头大战zhěn tou dà zhànpillow fight
• 枕头蛋糕zhěn tou dàn gāoloaf cake

Where 枕头 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Household Objects & Daily Items (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhěn tou correctly.
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