HSK 6 · Body

颈椎 jǐngzhuī “cervical vertebra” in Chinese

Traditional 頸椎

What 颈椎 means

  1. cervical vertebra
  2. neck bones
  3. the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals

How to say 颈椎

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale颈jǐng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale椎zhuī1st tone, high and level

颈椎 in a sentence

  1. 整天看电脑，颈椎会不舒服。

    Zhěngtiān kàn diànnǎo, jǐngzhuī huì bù shūfu.

    Looking at a computer all day can give you neck trouble.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 医生说他的颈椎有问题。

    Yīshēng shuō tā de jǐngzhuī yǒu wèntí.

    The doctor said he has a problem with the bones in his neck.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 颈椎 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 颈 (jǐng) drawn as one shape
颈jǐngneck

颈 is a single shape of 11 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 椎 (zhuī) with each of its parts in a different colour
椎zhuīvertebra
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhuī.

How to write 颈椎

颈 11 strokes · 椎 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

颈椎 (jǐngzhuī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 颈椎 (jǐngzhuī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

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FAQs

颈椎 (jǐngzhuī) means “cervical vertebra” or “neck bones”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jǐngzhuī: jǐng with a 3rd tone, then zhuī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 颈椎 is written 頸椎. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingzhui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 颈椎 from the suggestions. Typing jingzhui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
颈椎 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.