脖
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neck
Formation & memory
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How 脖 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ meaning “flesh” + 孛 sound ()
Components ⺼ 孛
How to remember it
head-hinge · Heisig RSH #2424
flesh + Sunday school
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 脖
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手脖子 | wrist (dialect) | |
| 红脖子 | redneck | |
| 脸红脖子粗 | red in the face; extremely angry | |
| 卡脖子 | to squeeze the throat; (fig.) to have in a stranglehold; critical | |
| 脚脖子 | (coll.) ankle | |
| 牛脖子 | (coll.) bullheaded; obstinate | |
| 勒脖子 | to throttle; to strangle | |
| 窝脖儿 | to suffer a snub; to meet with a rebuff | |
| 脖颈子 | see 脖頸|脖颈[bo2 geng3] | |
| 脖颈儿 | erhua form of 脖頸|脖颈[bo2 geng3] | |
| 脖子 | neck; CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 骑脖子拉屎 | (lit.) to take a dump while riding on sb's shoulders (saying); (fig.) to treat sb like gar… | |
| 绕脖子 | tricky; involved; to beat about the bush | |
| 抹脖子 | to slit one's own throat; to commit suicide | |
| 脖梗子 | variant of 脖頸子|脖颈子[bo2 geng3 zi5] | |
| 脖梗儿 | erhua form of 脖梗[bo2 geng3] | |
| 脖领 | shirt collar | |
| 围脖 | muffler; scarf | |
| 脖颈 | back of the neck; nape | |
| 掐脖子 | to seize by the throat |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 孛 — compare how they read.