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)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuīgǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhueigǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chui¹-ku³
    • Yale: jwēi-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jueiguu
    • Palladius: чжуйгу (čžujgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi¹ gwat¹
    • Yale: jēui gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey¹ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu¹ gued¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/

Noun

椎骨

1. vertebra

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 椎骨 (“vertebra”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		椎骨, 脊椎骨, 脊椎
Southern Min	Xiamen	尻脊骨
	Quanzhou	尻脊骨, 巴脊骨
	Jinjiang	龍脊骨
	Zhangzhou	尻脊骨, 龍楞骨, 透龍骨, 龍骨

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つ​いこつ [tsúꜜìkòtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝiko̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

椎(つい)骨(こつ) • (tsuikotsu) 

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

   Synonym: 脊椎 (sekitsui)

   Hyponyms: 頸椎 (keitsui), 胸椎 (kyōtsui), 腰椎 (yōtsui), 仙椎 (sentsui), 尾椎 (bitsui)

   Holonym: 脊柱 (sekichū)

   Meronym: 横突起 (ōtokki)