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脖

bó

HSK 5 Character

What 脖 means

1. neck

Example sentences

• 我脖子痛。
  My neck hurts.
• 我的脖子还疼。
  Wǒ de bózi hái téng.
  My neck still hurts.
• 他的脖子很长。
  He has a long neck.
• 他抓住了我的脖子。
  Tā zhuāzhù le wǒ de bózi.
  He seized me by the neck.
• 马倒下时脖子断了。
  The horse broke its neck when it fell.
• 汤姆伸长脖子四处张望。
  Tom craned his neck in every direction.

Words starting with 脖

• 脖子bó zineck
• 脖颈bó gěngback of the neck; nape
• 脖领bó lǐngshirt collar
• 脖颈儿bó gěng rerhua form of 脖颈
• 脖梗儿bó gěng rerhua form of 脖梗
• 脖颈子bó gěng zisee 脖颈
• 脖梗bó gěngvariant of 脖颈
• 脖梗子bó gěng zivariant of 脖颈子

Words containing 脖

• 围脖wéi bómuffler; scarf
• 勒脖子lēi bó zito throttle; to strangle
• 卡脖子qiǎ bó zito squeeze the throat; (fig.) to have in a stranglehold; critical
• 手脖子shǒu bó ziwrist (dialect)
• 抹脖子mǒ bó zito slit one's own throat; to commit suicide
• 牛脖子niú bó zi(colloquial) bullheaded; obstinate
• 窝脖儿wō bó rto suffer a snub; to meet with a rebuff
• 红脖子hóng bó ziredneck
• 绕脖子rào bó zitricky; involved; to beat about the bush
• 脚脖子jiǎo bó zi(colloquial) ankle
• 脸红脖子粗liǎn hóng bó zi cūred in the face; extremely angry
• 骑脖子拉屎qí bó zi lā shǐ(lit.) to take a dump while riding on sb's shoulders (saying)…
• 掐脖子qiā bó zito seize by the throat

Characters built on 孛

These share the phonetic component 孛 (bèi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 勃bóflourishing; prosperous; suddenly
• 饽bōcake; biscuit
• 桲bóflail
• 鹁bówoodpidgeon
• 哱bōused in 呼哱哱

Characters that look like 脖

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 排páito arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel…
• 掉diàoto fall; to drop; to lag behind
• 骑qíto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 脾píspleen
• 猝cùabruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
• 腈jīngacrylic

Sounds the same

Read bó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 博(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 膊shoulder; upper arm
• 薄meager; slight; weak
• 伯father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle
• 勃flourishing; prosperous; suddenly
• 驳variegated; heterogeneous; to refute
• 舶ship
• 搏to fight; to combat; to seize
• 泊to moor (a boat); to park (a vehicle); (literary) calm; quiet; peaceful
• 帛silk
• 卜used in 萝卜
• 铂platinum (chemistry)