Chinese Word: 颈 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

颈 (Trad.: 頸)HSK 6

Pinyin: jǐng

English Definition: neck

Chinese Definition:
①头和躯干相连接的部分(亦称“脖子”)，亦指事物像颈的部分：颈项。头颈。颈联(指律诗的第三联，即第五、六两句)。长颈鹿。曲颈甑。

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 頁

Pictophonetic:皮 indicates the sound; 页 (head) conveys the meaning.

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Similar Characters: 顸

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瓶颈	píng jǐng	bottleneck
颈项	jǐng xiàng	neck
颈椎HSK 6	jǐng zhuī	cervical vertebra; the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals
引颈	yǐn jǐng	to crane one's neck; (fig.) with one's neck outstretched in expectation
颈椎病	jǐng zhuī bìng	cervical spondylosis

1		jīng jì fā zhǎn 经济发展 yù dào 遇到 le 了 píng jǐng 瓶颈。 The economic development has reached a bottleneck.
2		zǐ dàn 子弹 shè jìn 射进 tā 他 de 的 jǐng bù 颈部。 The bullet lodged in his neck.
3		zhè jiā 这家 dòng wù yuán 动物园 lǐ 里 yǒu 有 hěn duō 很多 zhòng 种 dòng wù 动物， bāo kuò 包括 dà xióng māo 大熊猫 hé 和 cháng jǐng lù 长颈鹿。 There are many kinds of animals in this zoo, including pandas and giraffes.