脊骨

Chinese

		spine; back; ridge	bone
trad. (脊骨)		脊	骨
simp. #(脊骨)		脊	骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zek³ gwat¹
• Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): ji⁴ gu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐgǔ [Phonetic: jígǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chi³-ku³
    • Yale: jǐ-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiiguu
    • Palladius: цзигу (czigu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zek³ gwat¹
    • Yale: jek gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzek⁸ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zég³ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːk̚³ kʷɐt̚⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Hengyang)
    • Wiktionary: ji⁴ gu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³²⁴ ku²²/

Noun

脊骨

1. backbone
2. (figuratively) main part of a mountain range

Synonyms

• (backbone): 脊椎 (jǐzhuī), 脊樑骨／脊梁骨 (jǐlianggǔ), 脊柱 (jǐzhù); (Sichuan) 背脊骨

Derived terms

• 脊骨神經科／脊骨神经科 (jǐgǔ shénjīng kē)
• 脊骨神經醫學／脊骨神经医学 (jǐgǔ shénjīng yīxué)