枕
头

Pillow in Chinese: 枕头 (zhěn tou)

zhěn tou

pillow

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 枕頭2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1pillow

Stroke order

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枕
头

Zhuyin

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ㄓㄣˇ

zhěn

ㄓ/ zhㄣ/ enˇ/ third tone

˙ㄊㄡ

tou

˙/ neutral toneㄊ/ tㄡ/ ou

Simplified & traditional

枕头

Simplified

枕頭

Traditional

Example sentences

See 枕头 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我借了你的枕头。

    wǒ jiè le nǐ de zhěn tou。

    I borrowed your pillow.

  • 她用两个枕头睡觉。

    tā yòng liǎng gè zhěn tou shuì jiào。

    She sleeps with two pillows.

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Related words

头

tóu

head

头发

tóu fa

hair (on the head)

点头

diǎn tóu

to nod

骨头

gǔ tou

bone

罐头

guàn tou

tin

馒头

mán tou

steamed roll

木头

mù tou

slow-witted

舌头

shé tou

tongue

石头

shí tou

stone

里头

lǐ tou

inside

头脑

tóu nǎo

brains

后头

hòu tou

behind

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