枕藉

Chinese

		pillow	by means of; in disorder
simp. and trad. (枕藉)		枕	藉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhènjiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam² zik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhènjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhènjiè
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴-chieh⁴
    • Yale: jèn-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jennjieh
    • Palladius: чжэньцзе (čžɛnʹcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• 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/

Verb

枕藉

1. (literary) to lie on each other

   • 肴核既盡，杯盤狼籍，相與枕藉乎舟中，不知東方之既白。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     肴核既尽，杯盘狼籍，相与枕藉乎舟中，不知东方之既白。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1082, 蘇軾 (Su Shi), 前赤壁賦

     Yáohé jì jìn, bēipánlángjí, xiàngyǔ zhěnjiè hū zhōu zhōng, bùzhī dōngfāng zhī jì bái. [Pinyin]

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