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骨

gǔ

HSK 5 Character

What 骨 means

1. bone

Other readings

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

• gūused in {骨碌碌|gū lù lù}; used in {骨碌|gū lu}; used in {骨朵|gū duo}

Example sentences

• 鱼去骨去皮。
  Yú qù gǔ qù pí.
  Skin and debone the fish.
• 我爱接骨木果汁。
  Wǒ ài jiēgǔmù guǒzhī.
  I love elderberry juice.
• 他感到寒气刺骨。
  Tā gǎndào hánqì cìgǔ.
  He was chilled to the bone.
• 他们手腕骨折了。
  They fractured their wrists.
• 骨折的腿还没好。
  The broken leg has not healed yet.
• 我被鱼骨刺到了喉咙。
  Wǒ bèi yúgǔ cì dào le hóulóng.
  I got a fish bone stuck in my throat.

Words starting with 骨

• 骨头gǔ toubone; moral character; bitterness
• 骨干gǔ gàndiaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone
• 骨子里gǔ zi lǐbeneath the surface; fundamentally; at the deepest level
• 骨折gǔ zhéto suffer a fracture; (of a bone) to break; fracture
• 骨灰gǔ huībone ash; cremation ashes; cremains
• 骨髓gǔ suǐbone marrow
• 骨肉gǔ ròublood relation; kin; one's flesh and blood
• 骨架gǔ jiàframework; skeleton
• 骨骼gǔ gébones; skeleton
• 骨气gǔ qìunyielding character; courageous spirit; integrity
• 骨灰盒gǔ huī hébox for bone ashes; funerary casket
• 骨科gǔ kēorthopedics; orthopedic surgery
• 骨瘦如柴gǔ shòu rú chái(idiom) as thin as a match; emaciated
• 骨盆gǔ pénpelvis
• 骨节gǔ jiéjoint (of the skeleton)
• 骨刺gǔ cìspur; bony outgrowth
• 骨刻gǔ kècarving in bone
• 骨力gǔ lì(Chinese calligraphy) vigor of brushstrokes; fortitude; toughness; spine
• 骨化gǔ huàto ossify; ossification
• 骨器gǔ qìbone tool (archaeology)
• 骨子gǔ ziribs; frame
• 骨感gǔ gǎnbony; skinny
• 骨料gǔ liàoaggregate (sand or gravel used in concrete 混凝土)
• 骨殖gǔ shiskeletal remains; Taiwan pr. gǔ zhí

Words containing 骨

• 排骨pái gǔpork chop; pork cutlet; spare ribs
• 刻骨铭心kè gǔ míng xīnlit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom); fig. etched in one's memory…
• 肋骨lèi gǔrib
• 毛骨悚然máo gǔ sǒng ránto have one's hair stand on end (idiom); to feel one's blood run cold
• 甲骨文jiǎ gǔ wénoracle script; oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
• 刺骨cì gǔpiercing; cutting; bone-chilling
• 筋骨jīn gǔmuscles and bones; physique; strength
• 白骨bái gǔbones of the dead
• 尸骨shī gǔskeleton of the dead
• 脱胎换骨tuō tāi huàn gǔto shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist…
• 头骨tóu gǔskull
• 颧骨quán gǔcheekbone; zygomatic bone
• 露骨lù gǔblatant; unsubtle; frank
• 粉身碎骨fěn shēn suì gǔ(lit.) torn body and crushed bones (idiom); (fig.) to die horribly…
• 彻骨chè gǔto the bone; to the marrow; fig. to a very large degree
• 龙骨lóng gǔ"dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM); breastbone (of a bird)…
• 节骨眼jiē gu yǎn(dialect) critical juncture; crucial moment; Taiwan pr. jié gu yǎn
• 恨之入骨hèn zhī rù gǔto hate sb to the bone (idiom)
• 刻骨kè gǔingrained; entrenched; deep-rooted
• 一骨碌yī gū luwith a rolling or twisting movement; in a single movement; in one breath
• 白骨精Bái gǔ jīngWhite Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西游记; (fig.) sly and cunning person
• 头盖骨tóu gài gǔskull; cranium
• 甲骨jiǎ gǔtortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty…
• 锁骨suǒ gǔcollarbone; clavicle

Characters built on 月

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

• 服fúclothes; dress; garment
• 育yùto have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 股gǔthigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share
• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 肤fūskin
• 腹fùabdomen; stomach; belly
• 肚dùbelly
• 脯fǔdried meat; preserved fruit

Characters that look like 骨

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

• 资zīresources; capital; to provide
• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee
• 带dàiband; belt; girdle
• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 晋jìnto move forward; to promote; to advance
• 帚zhǒubroom

Sounds the same

Read gǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 股thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share
• 古ancient; old; paleo-
• 鼓drum; to drum; to strike
• 谷grain; corn
• 贾merchant; to buy
• 汩confused; extinguished; (onomatopoeia) used in 汩汩
• 蛊arch. legendary venomous insect; to poison; to bewitch
• 牯bullock; cow
• 钴(chemistry) cobalt (Taiwan pr. gū); used in 钴𬭁gǔ mǔ
• 鹘used in 鹘鸼
• 瞽blind; undiscerning
• 诂to comment; to explain