椎骨

椎骨

Chinese

		spine; a hammer	bone
trad. (椎骨)		椎	骨
simp. #(椎骨)		椎	骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuīgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄟ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi¹ gwat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhuīgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jueiguu
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi¹ gwat¹
    • Yale: jēui gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey¹ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu¹ gued¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃɵy̯⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/

Noun

椎骨

1. vertebra

Synonyms

• 脊椎骨 (jǐzhuīgǔ)
• 脊椎 (jǐzhuī)
• (Min Nan) 龍楞骨／龙楞骨, 胛脊骨, 龍骨／龙骨 (lónggǔ), 透龍骨／透龙骨, 巴脊骨

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
椎	骨
つい Grade: S	こつ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Noun

椎骨 (hiragana ついこつ, rōmaji tsuikotsu)

1. vertebra (any of the small bones which make up the backbone)