枕骨

Chinese

		pillow	bone
trad. (枕骨)		枕	骨
simp. #(枕骨)		枕	骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhěngǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˇ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam² gwat¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chím-kut

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zim² gug⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhěngǔ [Phonetic: zhéngǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˇ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhěngǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chên³-ku³
    • Yale: jěn-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeenguu
    • Palladius: чжэньгу (čžɛnʹgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam² gwat¹
    • Yale: jám gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam² gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zem² gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chím-kut
    • Tâi-lô: tsím-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cymkud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kut̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zim² gug⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsím kuk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sim⁵²⁻³⁵ kuk̚²/

Noun

枕骨

1. (anatomy) occipital bone

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 食骨, 偷食骨
• (Teochew) 後斗骨

Derived terms

• 枕骨大孔 (zhěngǔdàkǒng)