| 枕 | 135A15 10B.70-9 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄍㄣˇ [gen3] (*ㄓㄣˋ [zhen4] ). | ||
| N. | (1) Pillow: 枕頭 [zhen3tou2]↓; 枕邊言 curtain advice; 告枕頭狀 wife's complaints against person; 同床共枕 (of couple) share the same bed; 枕席 [zhen3xi2]↓; 枕冷衾寒 loneliness in bed; 繡花枕頭 person good only in looks (“embroidered pillow”); 空氣枕 air pillow; 枕中書，枕中秘 secret book not to be seen by others. (2) Crossboard at back of carriage (also wr. 軫): 枕木 [zhen3mu4]↓. | |||||
| V.t. | (*[zhen4]) To use as pillow: 枕枕頭 rest head on the pillow; 曲肱而枕之 (AC) to crook one's arm for head support during sleep; 枕著椅背 to incline on back of chair; 枕戈待旦 (in mil. campaign) to sleep with “weapon as pillow,” i.e., without undress; 枕流漱石 or 枕石漱流 to enjoy rocks and stream (to “pillow one's head on stream” or “on rock”); 枕塊 to mourn for death of parents (“to pillow on clod” at grave site). | |||||
| Words | 1. 枕簟 [zhen3dian4], n., see [zhen3xi2]↓. 2. 枕骨 [zhen3gu3], n., back part of skull, the occiput. 3. 枕巾 [zhen3jin1], n., pillow cover. 4. 枕藉 *[zhen4ji2], adj., lying on top of each other (of corpses in battlefield); lying in disorder. 5. 枕木 [zhen3mu4], n., sleepers supporting railway track. 6. 枕席 [zhen3xi2], n., “pillow and mat”--symbol of bed: 枕席之間 while in bed; 枕席未安 cannot afford to sleep peacefully--situation not settled yet; 以荐枕席 (LL) to go to bed with lover. 7. 枕套 [zhen3tao4], n., pillowcase. 8. 枕頭 [zhen3tou0], n., pillow. | |||||