| zhěn | pillow |
| 枕 | pillow to pillow to rest one's head |
| 枕冷衾寒 | cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom); fig. cold and solitary existence |
| 枕叶 | lobus occipitalis; occipital lobe |
| 枕块 | pillow of clay (used by filial son during Confucian mourning period) cf bed of straw and pillow of clay 寢苫枕塊|寝苫枕块 |
| 枕外隆凸尖 | inion |
| 枕头 | pillow |
| 枕头套 | pillow case |
| 枕头箱 | pillow casket (box for valuables kept by the bed) |
| 枕套 | pillow case |
| 枕岩漱流 | see 枕石漱流 |
| 枕巾 | pillow cloth |
| 枕席 | seating mat |
| 枕席不安 | cannot sleep peacefully |
| 枕席儿 | erhua variant of 枕席, seating mat |
| 枕席自荐 | to be willing to become a wife to someone |
| 枕心 | bare pillow (i.e. the pillow without pillow-case) |
| 枕戈寝甲 | to sleep on one's armor with spear by the pillow (idiom); ready for battle determined to kill the enemy Be prepared! |
| 枕戈待旦 | to keep one's spear by the pillow and await the dawn (idiom); ready for battle determined to kill the enemy Be prepared! |
| 枕木 | sleeper (wooden support for railway track) |
| 枕状玄武岩 | pillow lava (geology) pillow basalt |