枕头 meaning in English

zhěntou

pillow

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 枕頭13 strokes

Meaning of 枕头

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhěntou
  1. pillow

枕头 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā用yòng两liǎng个gè枕zhěn头tou睡shuì觉jiào。
She sleeps with two pillows.
我wǒ还hái需xū要yào一yí个gè枕zhěn头tou。
I need another pillow.
我wǒ借jiè了le你nǐ的de枕zhěn头tou。
I borrowed your pillow.
我wǒ的de枕zhěn头tou在zài等děng我wǒ。
My pillow is waiting for me.
给gěi我wǒ一yí个gè枕zhěn头tou和hé毛máo毯tǎn好hǎo吗ma?
Could I have a pillow and blanket?

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

枕 zhěn · pillow · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

头 tóu · head · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 枕头.

头发tóufahair (on the head)
里头lǐtouinside; interior
点头diǎntóuto nod
石头shítoustone
头脑tóunǎobrains; mind
木头mùtouwood; log (CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]); (fig.) blockhead; dolt
老头儿lǎotóursee 老頭子|老头子[lao3 tou2 zi5]
镜头jìngtóucamera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc)
骨头gǔtoubone; moral character
后头hòutoubehind; the back
前头qiántouin front; at the head
回头huítóuto turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by

Questions about 枕头

What does 枕头 mean?

枕头 (zhěntou) means "pillow" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 枕头?

枕头 is made of 2 characters: 枕 (8 strokes), 头 (5 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 枕头 an HSK word?

Yes. 枕头 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 枕头 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 枕头 is written 枕頭.