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脖子

bó zi

HSK 5 2-character word Measure word 个

What 脖子 means

1. neck

The characters in 脖子

• 脖bóneck
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

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 containing 脖子

• 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
• 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

Sounds the same

Read bó zi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 驳子to tow (a barge)