椎骨

Chinese

		spine; a hammer	bone
trad. (椎骨)		椎	骨
simp. ^#(椎骨)		椎	骨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhuīgǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄟㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi¹ gwat¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuīgǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhueigǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chui¹-ku³
  - Yale: jwēi-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jueiguu
  - Palladius: чжуйгу (čžujgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeoi¹ gwat¹
  - Yale: jēui gwāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey¹ gwat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêu¹ gued¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/

Noun

椎骨

vertebra

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 椎骨 (“vertebra”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		椎骨, 脊椎骨, 脊椎
Southern Min	Xiamen	尻脊骨
	Quanzhou	尻脊骨, 巴脊骨
	Jinjiang	龍脊骨
	Zhangzhou	尻脊骨, 龍楞骨, 透龍骨, 龍骨
Puxian Min	Putian	龍脊骨
Puxian Min	Xianyou	龍脊骨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
椎	骨
つい Grade: S	こつ Grade: 6
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ついこつ [tsúꜜìkòtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨiko̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

椎(つい)骨(こつ) • (tsuikotsu)

a vertebra (any of the small bones which make up the backbone)
Synonym: 脊椎 (sekitsui)

Hyponyms: 頸椎 (keitsui), 胸椎 (kyōtsui), 腰椎 (yōtsui), 仙椎 (sentsui), 尾椎 (bitsui)

Holonym: 脊柱 (sekichū)

Meronym: 横突起 (ōtokki)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN