枕席

Chinese

		pillow	banquet; woven mat; seat banquet; woven mat; seat; place
trad. (枕席/枕蓆)		枕	席/蓆
simp. (枕席)		枕	席

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhěnxí

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˇ ㄒㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam² zik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhěnxí
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˇ ㄒㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhěnsí
    • Wade–Giles: chên³-hsi²
    • Yale: jěn-syí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeenshyi
    • Palladius: чжэньси (čžɛnʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhěnxír
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˇ ㄒㄧˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhěnsír
    • Wade–Giles: chên³-hsi²-ʼrh
    • Yale: jěn-syír
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeenshyel
    • Palladius: чжэньсир (čžɛnʹsir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiə̯ɻ³⁵/

Note: Erhuayin for "small summer sleeping mat" sense only..

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam² zik⁶
    • Yale: jám jihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam² dzik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem² jig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/

Noun

枕席

1. (literary, literally) pillow and mat
2. (literary, figuratively) bedding (including pillows); bedclothes
3. small summer sleeping mat (to put on a pillow)

Synonyms

• (bedding):

• 寢具／寝具 (qǐnjù) (formal)
• 床上用品 (chuángshàng yòngpǐn)
• 床品 (chuángpǐn) (formal)
• 臥具／卧具 (wòjù) (provided on a train or ship)
• 衾枕 (qīnzhěn) (literary, figurative)
• 被褥 (bèirù)
• 被鋪席／被铺席 (Hokkien, provided on a train or ship)
• 鋪蓋／铺盖 (pūgai)

 

• (small summer sleeping mat): 枕頭席／枕头席 (zhěntouxí)