枕木

Chinese

		pillow	tree; wood
simp. and trad. (枕木)		枕	木

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhěnmù

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˇ ㄇㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zam² muk⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chím-bo̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): zim² bhag⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhěnmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˇ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhěnmù
  - Wade–Giles: chên³-mu⁴
  - Yale: jěn-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeenmuh
  - Palladius: чжэньму (čžɛnʹmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zam² muk⁶
  - Yale: jám muhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzam² muk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zem² mug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³⁵ mʊk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chím-bo̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tsím-bo̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cymbok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zim² bhag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsím ba̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sim⁵²⁻³⁵ bak̚⁴/

Noun

枕木

railway sleeper; railroad tie

Synonyms

道木 (dàomù)

Japanese

枕木 on Japanese Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
枕	木
まくら Grade: S	き > ぎ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

枕 (makura, “pillow”) +‎ 木 (ki, “lumber piece”)

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Is there any relationship between Japanese usage of "pillow" and English usage of "sleeper"? if not, then why "pillow"?”

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まくらぎ [màkúráꜜgì] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [ma̠kɯ̟ɾa̠ɡʲi]

Noun

枕(まくら)木(ぎ) • (makuragi)

(rail transport) railway sleeper; railroad tie