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颈

jǐng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 頸

What 颈 means

1. neck

Other readings

颈 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• gěngused in {脖颈|bó gěng}

Example sentences

• 长颈鹿放走了。
  Chángjǐnglù fàngzǒu le.
  The giraffe was released.
• 长颈鹿走在河边。
  The giraffe was walking along the river bank.
• 长颈鹿是怎么叫的？
  Chángjǐnglù shì zěnme jiào de?
  What sound does a giraffe make?
• 长颈鹿是怎幺叫的？
  What sound does a giraffe make?
• 他遭受长颈鹿攻击。
  He was attacked by a giraffe.
• 蚂蚁和长颈鹿是远亲。
  Mǎyǐ hé chángjǐnglù shì yuǎnqīn.
  Ants and giraffes are distant cousins.

Words starting with 颈

• 颈椎jǐng zhuīcervical vertebra; the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals
• 颈部jǐng bùneck
• 颈项jǐng xiàngneck
• 颈子jǐng zineck
• 颈椎病jǐng zhuī bìngcervical spondylosis
• 颈圈jǐng quāncollar (animal)
• 颈背jǐng bèinape
• 颈链jǐng liànnecklace
• 颈动脉jǐng dòng màicarotid artery (medicine)

Words containing 颈

• 瓶颈píng jǐngneck of a bottle; (fig.) bottleneck; problem that impedes progress
• 脖颈bó gěngback of the neck; nape
• 长颈鹿cháng jǐng lùgiraffe
• 头颈tóu jǐng(dialect) neck
• 吊颈diào jǐngto hang oneself
• 宫颈gōng jǐngcervix; the neck of the uterus
• 引颈yǐn jǐngto crane one's neck; (fig.) with one's neck outstretched in expectation
• 后颈hòu jǐngnape
• 手颈shǒu jǐng(dialect) wrist
• 项颈xiàng jǐngback of neck
• 子宫颈zǐ gōng jǐngcervix; the neck of the uterus
• 宫颈管gōng jǐng guǎn(anatomy) cervical canal
• 曲颈瓶qū jǐng píngretort; bottle with curved neck
• 细颈瓶xì jǐng píngjug
• 护颈套hù jǐng tàocervical collar
• 长颈瓶cháng jǐng píngflask
• 长颈龙cháng jǐng lóngtanystropheus, long-necked reptile from Triassic
• 子宫颈癌zǐ gōng jǐng áicervical cancer
• 子宫颈管zǐ gōng jǐng guǎn(anatomy) cervical canal
• 突破瓶颈tū pò píng jǐngto make a breakthrough
• 子宫颈抹片zǐ gōng jǐng mǒ piàncervical smear (Tw)
• 脖颈儿bó gěng rerhua form of 脖颈
• 白颈鸦bái jǐng yā(bird species of China) collared crow (Corvus torquatus)
• 棕颈雪雀zōng jǐng xuě què(bird species of China) rufous-necked snowfinch (Pyrgilauda ruficollis)

Characters built on 工

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

• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture
• 轻qīnglight; easy; gentle
• 径jìngfootpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight; diameter
• 氢qīnghydrogen (chemistry)
• 茎jīngstalk; stem
• 烃tīnghydrocarbon
• 痉jìngspasm
• 泾JīngJing River

Characters that look like 颈

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

• 程chéngrule; order; regulations
• 绩jìto spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment
• 颁bānto promulgate; to send out; to issue
• 稍shāosomewhat; a little
• 颇pōrather; quite; considerably
• 湄méi(literary) shore; coast; bank

Sounds the same

Read jǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 警to alert; to warn; police
• 景(bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation
• 井a well; neat; orderly
• 阱pitfall; trap
• 憬awaken
• 儆to warn; to admonish
• 璟luster of gem
• 肼hydrazine
• 刭cut the throat
• 璥(gem)
• 暻bright
• 坓variant of 阱