脛骨

See also: 胫骨

Chinese

		lower part of leg	bone
trad. (脛骨)		脛	骨
simp. (胫骨)		胫	骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnggǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging³ gwat¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kēng-kut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnggǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnggǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴-ku³
    • Yale: jìng-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqguu
    • Palladius: цзингу (czingu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging³ gwat¹
    • Yale: ging gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging³ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging³ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³³ kʷɐt̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kēng-kut
    • Tâi-lô: kīng-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kexngkud
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ kut̚³²/

Noun

脛骨

1. (anatomy) tibia; shinbone

   脛骨夾板／胫骨夹板  ―  jìnggǔ jiābǎn  ―  shin splint

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 脛骨 (“tibia; shinbone”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		脛骨
Mandarin	Harbin	腿棒骨, 腿梆兒, 迎面骨, 迎門骨
	Yantai (Muping)	脛面兒骨, 迎面兒骨
	Wanrong	戥子桿兒
	Yinchuan	腿桿子
	Xuzhou	迎面骨
Cantonese	Dongguan	腳棍
Gan	Lichuan	向前骨
Jin	Taiyuan	臁刃桿
	Xinzhou	腿不摞骨
Southern Min	Xiamen	小腿骨, 跤筒骨
	Quanzhou	小腿骨, 跤筒骨
	Zhangzhou	小腿骨, 跤筒骨
	Tainan	跤鼻臁, 跤筒骨
	Shantou	跤臁
	Leizhou	跤𩪘骨
Xiang	Changsha	橫當骨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
脛	骨
けい Hyōgaiji	こつ Grade: 6
kan’on

Etymology

脛 (“shank; shin”) +‎ 骨 (“bone”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) け​ーこつ [kéꜜèkòtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːko̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

脛(けい)骨(こつ) • (keikotsu) 

1. a shinbone; a tibia

   Hypernym: 下腿骨 (kataikotsu)