Pillow in Chinese (Mandarin): 枕头 (zhěntou)
枕头
zhěntou
pillow
- Simplified
- 枕头
- Traditional
- 枕頭
- Pinyin
- zhěntou
- Typed as
- zhentou
Use it in a sentence
我的枕头很软。
我的枕頭很軟。
My pillow is very soft.
The characters in 枕头
枕
Pillow. 木 (wood) is on the left: old Chinese pillows were wood or porcelain.
8 strokes
头 / 頭
Head.
5 strokes
Say 头 short and light: zhěn-tou. A pillow fight is 枕头大战 (zhěntou dàzhàn).
More examples with 枕头
我抱着枕头睡觉。
我抱著枕頭睡覺。
Wǒ bàozhe zhěntou shuìjiào.
I hug my pillow when I sleep.
我们玩枕头大战。
我們玩枕頭大戰。
Wǒmen wán zhěntou dàzhàn.
We have a pillow fight.
How to write 枕头 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
枕 8 strokes
头 5 strokes
In Traditional characters:
頭 16 strokes
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