枕木

Chinese

		pillow	tree; wood
simp. and trad. (枕木)		枕	木

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhěnmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˇ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam² muk⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chím-bo̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zim² bhag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhěnmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˇ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhěnmù
    • Wade–Giles: chên³-mu⁴
    • Yale: jěn-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeenmuh
    • Palladius: чжэньму (čžɛnʹmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam² muk⁶
    • Yale: jám muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam² muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem² mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³⁵ mʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chím-bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsím-bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cymbok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔk̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zim² bhag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsím ba̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sim⁵²⁻³⁵ bak̚⁴/

Noun

枕木

1. railway sleeper; railroad tie

Synonyms

• 軌枕／轨枕 (guǐzhěn)
• 道木 (dàomù)

Japanese

 枕木 on Japanese Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
枕	木
まくら Grade: S	き > ぎ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

枕 (makura, “pillow”) +‎ 木 (ki, “lumber piece”)

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まくらぎ [màkúráꜜgì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠kɯ̟ɾa̠ɡʲi]

Noun

枕(まくら)木(ぎ) • (makuragi) 

1. (rail transport) railway sleeper; railroad tie