枕 zhěn

1. zhěn noun pillow
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '枕' n 1; Kroll 2015 '枕' 1, p. 599; Mathews 1931 '枕', p. 38; Unihan '枕'; XHZD '枕' 1, p. 968)
2. zhěn noun a stake used to tether cattle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Mathews 1931 '枕', p. 38)
3. zhěn noun a bone in a fish head
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '枕' n 2)
4. zhèn verb to rest one's head on
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '枕' zhèn 1, p. 599; Mathews 1931 '枕', p. 38; XHZD '枕' 2, p. 968)
5. zhèn verb to lean on
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '枕' zhèn 2, p. 599)

Contained in

• 枕葄 pillow
• 安枕 to sleep soundly; (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries
• 失枕 a crick in the neck; stiff neck
• 枕头蛋糕(枕頭蛋糕) loaf cake
• 枕衾 bedding
• 枕巾 pillow cloth
• 蓝枕八色鸫(藍枕八色鶇) blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis)
• 高枕无忧(高枕無憂) to sit back and relax
• 吹枕边风(吹枕邊風) to sway through pillow talk
• 曲肱而枕 to use one's bent arm as a pillow; content with simple things
• 门枕(門枕) a door sill
• 黑枕黄鹂(黑枕黃鸝) black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
• 枕边故事(枕邊故事) bedtime story
• 气枕(氣枕) an air pillow
• 黑枕王鹟(黑枕王鶲) black-naped monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
• 安枕无忧(安枕無憂) peaceful and without fear
• 枕状玄武岩(枕狀玄武岩) pillow lava ; pillow basalt
• 叶枕(葉枕) pulvini
• 枕骨 occipital bone
• 枕叶(枕葉) occipital lobe
• 枕头套(枕頭套) pillow case
• 一枕黄粱(一枕黃粱) a dream of yellow millet; illusions of wealth and glory
• 枕边风(枕邊風) pillow talk
• 枕石漱流 to live a hermit's life (in seclusion); a frugal life
• 枕木 railroad tie; sleeper
• 枕箱 a chest used as a pillow
• 同床共枕 to share the bed; (fig.) to be married
• 枕边人(枕邊人) the person who shares your bed; partner; spouse
• 枕套 a pillow cover
• 枕戈待旦 sleeping with a halberd under one's pillow waiting for dawn; ready for war
• 枕袋 a pillow cover
• 轨枕(軌枕) sleeper; tie
• 枕边(枕邊) bedside
• 枕戈 to rest one's head on a halberd; ready for war
• 枕席 pillow and sleeping mat; bedding
• 棕枕山雀 rufous-naped tit (Periparus rufonuchalis)
• 黑枕燕鸥(黑枕燕鷗) black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana)
• 枕戈寝甲(枕戈寢甲) to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow; to keep ready for battle at all times
• 枕席难安(枕席難安) even in bed, not at rest
• 枕冷衾寒 a cold pillow and wintery quilt; lonely
• 枕心 bare pillow (i.e. the pillow without pillow-case)
• 枕上死 to pass away in bed
• 枕戈坐甲 to rest one's head on a halberd and sit on armour; ready for war
• 枕伴 bed fellows
• 落枕 to have a stiff neck after sleeping; (of the head) to touch the pillow
• 枕头(枕頭) pillow
• 头枕(頭枕) headrest
• 抱枕 bolster; a long pillow or cushion
• 枕头箱(枕頭箱) Chinese pillow box (used to keep valuables)

Also contained in

枕中记 、 枕流王

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷三十二　列傳第二十二 張邵 Volume 32 Biographies 22: Zhang Shao History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 12
• 卷一百一十四 載記第十四 苻堅下 Volume 114 Records 14: Fu Jian Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 7
• 卷34　志第29 經籍三 Volume 34 Treatises 29: Bibliography 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 5
• 卷四十五 Scroll 45 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 5
• 第二回 Chapter 38 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
• 卷四十五　列傳第三十五 王敬則 陳顯達 張敬兒 崔慧景 Volume 45 Biographies 35: Wang Jingze, Chen Xianda, Zhang Jing'er, Cui Huijing History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 4
• 卷二十　　　　　志第十　　　　禮樂十 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites and Music 10 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 4
• 第二回 Chapter 77 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
• 卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4

Collocations

• 高枕 (高枕) 則君人者高枕而守己完矣 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 守道第二十六 Chapter 26: Guarding the Roads — count: 37
• 伏枕 (伏枕) 輾轉伏枕 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧陳‧澤陂 Lessons from the states - Odes of Chen - Ze Po — count: 10
• 枕尸 (枕屍) 枕尸股而哭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 9
• 枕疾 (枕疾) 年老枕疾 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一 帝紀第一 高祖宣帝 Volume 1 Annals 1: Emperor Xuan — count: 5
• 枕枕 (枕枕) 枕枕而寢 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百一十四 載記第十四 苻堅下 Volume 114 Records 14: Fu Jian Part Two — count: 4
• 抚枕 (撫枕) 中夜撫枕 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五十八 吳書十三 陸遜傳 Volume 58: Book of Wu 13 - Biography of Lu Xun — count: 3
• 枕帝 (枕帝) 枕帝股而哭 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors — count: 3
• 枕参 (枕參) 魁枕參首 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《天官書》 Astronomy — count: 2
• 敛枕 (斂枕) 斂枕簟 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《內則》 The Pattern of the Family — count: 2
• 苫枕 (苫枕) 寢苫枕干 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 2