枕头
zhěn tou
Pinyin

Definition

枕头
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zhěn tou
  1. pillow

Character Decomposition

Related Words (17)

抱枕
bào zhěn
  1. 1 bolster
  2. 2 a long pillow or cushion
枕
zhěn
  1. 1 pillow
  2. 2 to pillow
  3. 3 to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhèn] for this sense)
枕头
zhěn tou
  1. 1 pillow
枕套
zhěn tào
  1. 1 pillowcase
落枕
lào zhěn
  1. 1 to have a stiff neck after sleeping
  2. 2 (of the head) to touch the pillow
同床共枕
tóng chuáng gòng zhěn
  1. 1 to share the bed
  2. 2 (fig.) to be married
失枕
shī zhěn
  1. 1 a crick in the neck
  2. 2 stiff neck
安枕
ān zhěn
  1. 1 to sleep soundly
  2. 2 (fig.) to rest easy
  3. 3 to be free of worries
枕巾
zhěn jīn
  1. 1 pillow cloth
枕席
zhěn xí
  1. 1 pillow mat
  2. 2 pillow and mat
  3. 3 bed
枕心
zhěn xīn
  1. 1 bare pillow (i.e. the pillow without pillow-case)
枕木
zhěn mù
  1. 1 railroad tie
  2. 2 sleeper
枕边人
zhěn biān rén
  1. 1 the person who shares your bed
  2. 2 partner
  3. 3 spouse
枕边风
zhěn biān fēng
  1. 1 pillow talk
枕头套
zhěn tou tào
  1. 1 pillow case
枕骨
zhěn gǔ
  1. 1 occipital bone (back of the skull)
高枕无忧
gāo zhěn wú yōu
  1. 1 to sleep peacefully (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) to rest easy
  3. 3 to be free of worries

Idioms (7)

寝苫枕块
qǐn shān zhěn kuài
  1. 1 bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom)
  2. 2 the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period
曲肱而枕
qū gōng ér zhěn
  1. 1 lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. content with simple things
枕冷衾寒
zhěn lěng qīn hán
  1. 1 cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom); fig. cold and solitary existence
枕戈寝甲
zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ
  1. 1 to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)
  2. 2 to keep ready for battle at all times
枕戈待旦
zhěn gē dài dàn
  1. 1 to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom)
  2. 2 fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
枕石漱流
zhěn shí shù liú
  1. 1 to live a hermit's life (in seclusion)
  2. 2 a frugal life (idiom)
高枕无忧
gāo zhěn wú yōu
  1. 1 to sleep peacefully (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) to rest easy
  3. 3 to be free of worries

Sample Sentences

我看过一段美国女孩子的。长得金发碧眼，挺漂亮的，但是完全是绣花枕头一包草。她竟然说欧洲是一个国家。
wǒ kàn guo yī duàn Měiguó nǚháizi de 。zhǎng de jīnfàbìyǎn ，tǐng piàoliang de ，dànshì wánquán shì xiùhuā zhěntou yī bāo cǎo 。tā jìngrán shuō Ōuzhōu shì yī ge guójiā 。
I saw one with an American girl. She was really beautiful, with golden blond hair and jade blue eyes. But her head was completely empty. Amazingly, she said that Europe is a country.
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别提了，那晚我半夜给她打电话求婚，她认为我是装鬼吓她，瞎胡闹。还说没发现我藏在她枕头下面的戒指。
bié tí le ，nà wǎn wǒ bànyè gěi tā dǎ diànhuà qiúhūn ，tā rènwéi wǒ shì zhuāng guǐ xià tā ，xiāhúnào 。hái shuō méi fāxiàn wǒ cáng zài tā zhěntóu xiàmian de jièzhi 。
Don't mention that. That night when I called her at midnight to propose, she thought I was pretending to be a ghost to scare her and fool around. And she said she didn't find the ring I hid underneath her pillow.
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