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Usage of the character 枕

zhěn
[枕]
  • (bound form) pillow
  • to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. (zhèn))
ānzhěn
安枕
[安枕]
  • to sleep soundly
  • (fig.) to rest easy
  • to be free of worries
làozhěn
落枕
[落枕]
  • to have a stiff neck after sleeping
  • (of the head) to touch the pillow
yèzhěn
叶枕
[葉枕]
  • (botany) pulvinus
zhěnxīn
枕心
[枕心]
  • bare pillow (i.e. the pillow without pillow-case)
guǐzhěn
轨枕
[軌枕]
  • sleeper
  • tie
zhěnjiè
枕藉
[枕藉]
  • to lie in total disorder
  • lying fallen over one another
zhěnjīn
枕巾
[枕巾]
  • pillow cloth
zhěntào
枕套
[枕套]
  • pillowcase
zhěnxí
枕席
[枕席]
  • pillow mat
  • pillow and mat
  • bed
zhěnyè
枕叶
[枕葉]
  • occipital lobe
zhěnzuò
枕葄
[枕葄]
  • pillow
bàozhěn
抱枕
[抱枕]
  • bolster
  • a long pillow or cushion
tóuzhěn
头枕
[頭枕]
  • headrest
zhěntou
枕头
[枕頭]
  • pillow
zhěngǔ
枕骨
[枕骨]
  • occipital bone (back of the skull)
zhěnkuài
枕块
[枕塊]
  • to use clay for a pillow (during mourning period)
shīzhěn
失枕
[失枕]
  • a crick in the neck
  • stiff neck
zhěnmù
枕木
[枕木]
  • railroad tie
  • sleeper
Uxíngzhěn
U型枕
[U型枕]
  • travel pillow
báizhěnhè
白枕鹤
[白枕鶴]
  • (bird species of China) white-naped crane (Grus vipio)
zhěnbiānfēng
枕边风
[枕邊風]
  • pillow talk
zhěntouxiāng
枕头箱
[枕頭箱]
  • Chinese pillow box (used to keep valuables)
zhěntoutào
枕头套
[枕頭套]
  • pillow case
zhěnxír
枕席儿
[枕席兒]
  • erhua variant of 枕席 (zhěnxí)
zhěnbiānrén
枕边人
[枕邊人]
  • the person who shares one's bed; partner; spouse
zhěnzhuàngróngyán
枕状熔岩
[枕狀熔岩]
  • (geology) pillow lava
tóngchuánggòngzhěn
同床共枕
[同床共枕]
  • to share the bed
  • (fig.) to be married
hēizhěnwángwēng
黑枕王鹟
[黑枕王鶲]
  • (bird species of China) black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
hēizhěnyàn'ōu
黑枕燕鸥
[黑枕燕鷗]
  • (bird species of China) black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana)
zhěnshíshùliú
枕石漱流
[枕石漱流]
  • to live a hermit's life (in seclusion)
  • a frugal life (idiom)
zhěntoudàngāo
枕头蛋糕
[枕頭蛋糕]
  • loaf cake
zhěnlěngqīnhán
枕冷衾寒
[枕冷衾寒]
  • cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom); fig. cold and solitary existence
zhěnbiāngùshi
枕边故事
[枕邊故事]
  • bedtime story
zōngzhěnshānquè
棕枕山雀
[棕枕山雀]
  • (bird species of China) rufous-naped tit (Periparus rufonuchalis)
qǐnshānzhěnkuài
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
qūgōng'érzhěn
曲肱而枕
[曲肱而枕]
  • lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom)
  • fig. content with simple things
zhěnyánshùliú
枕岩漱流
[枕岩漱流]
  • see 枕石漱流 (zhěnshíshùliú)
chuīzhěnbiānfēng
吹枕边风
[吹枕邊風]
  • to sway (sb) through pillow talk
hēizhěnhuánglí
黑枕黄鹂
[黑枕黃鸝]
  • (bird species of China) black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
zhěngēdàidàn
枕戈待旦
[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
zhěngēqǐnjiǎ
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
gāozhěnwúyōu
高枕无忧
[高枕無憂]
  • to sleep peacefully (idiom)
  • (fig.) to rest easy
  • to be free of worries
lánzhěnhuāmìniǎo
蓝枕花蜜鸟
[藍枕花蜜鳥]
  • (bird species of China) purple-naped sunbird (Hypogramma hypogrammicum)
lánzhěnbāsèdōng
蓝枕八色鸫
[藍枕八色鶇]
  • (bird species of China) blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis)