Neck in Chinese
neck · HSK 6
脖子
- 脖 neck
- 子 son
天冷了，围上围巾别冻着脖子。 It's getting cold; put on a scarf so your neck doesn't get cold.
Other ways to say neck
More words with 脖 or 子
How do you say neck in Chinese?
Neck in Chinese is 脖子 (bó zi). You can also say 颈椎 (jǐng zhuī), 项 (xiàng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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