bed; couch; pillow mat
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2 senses · 5 examplesnoun
bed; couch
literaryLiterary term for bed or couch, often used in classical Chinese texts to refer to a place for sleeping or resting.
Gǔ古
rén人
cháng常
yǐ以
zhěn枕
xí席
zhǐ指
dài代
chuáng床
tà榻
。
Ancient people often used 枕席 to refer to beds.
Shè设
zhěn枕
xí席
yú于
shì室
zhōng中
，
yǐ以
dài待
bīn宾
kè客
。
Place a couch in the room to await guests.
noun
pillow mat; summer sleeping mat placed on a pillow
Also called 枕头席儿. Often made of bamboo or rattan. In northern dialects, often used with the rhotic suffix 儿 as 枕席儿.
Xià夏
tiān天
shuì睡
jiào觉
pū铺
shàng上
zhěn枕
xí席
hěn很
liáng凉
kuai快
。
Sleeping on a pillow mat in summer is very cool.
Nǎi奶
nai奶
gěi给
sūn孙
zi子
biān编
le了
yī一
gè个
xīn新
de的
zhěn枕
xí席
r儿
。
Grandma wove a new pillow mat for her grandson.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
zhěn枕
xí席
shì是
yòng用
zhú竹
zi子
biān编
de的
。
This kind of pillow mat is woven from bamboo.