PILLOW  枕頭

OFTEN (BUT NOT ALWAYS!) SOFT ARTEFACT USED TO SUPPORT the HEAD of SLEEPING HUMANS.
CUSHIONBOLSTERPADHEADREST
Hypernym
See also
  • BEDFURNITURE ON which one SLEEPS.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The standard word for a pillow is zhěn 枕, and I have not found any current near-synonyms.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    枕頭



    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /

    • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

      PILLOW

      culcita is a hard-stuffed pillow.

      pulvinus is a soft elastic pillow.

    Words

      zhěn OC: kljumʔ MC: tɕim 13 Attributions

    The standard word for a pillow is zhěn 枕, and I have not found any current near-synonyms.

      Syntactic words
    • npillow
    • vtoNread zhèn: use as a pillow
    • vttoN1.+N2read zhe4n: put N1 on N2 as a pillow
      jiè MC: dzjaeH OC: --CH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtt(oN1.) N2bed the contextually determinate N1 on N2CH

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: