脊柱

Chinese

		spine; back; ridge	pillar
trad. (脊柱)		脊	柱
simp. #(脊柱)		脊	柱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jǐzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˇ ㄓㄨˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ji² zu⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zek³ cyu⁵, zik³ cyu⁵
• Eastern Min (BUC): cék-cê̤ṳ
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zig⁴ tiao⁶
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷ciq-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˇ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐjhù
    • Wade–Giles: chi³-chu⁴
    • Yale: jǐ-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiijuh
    • Palladius: цзичжу (czičžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ji² zu⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gi zu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²¹ t͡su²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zek³ cyu⁵, zik³ cyu⁵
    • Yale: jek chyúh, jik chyúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzek⁸ tsy⁵, dzik⁸ tsy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zég³ qu⁵, jig³ qu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːk̚³ t͡sʰyː¹³/, /t͡sɪk̚³ t͡sʰyː¹³/

Note:

• zek3 cyu5 - vernacular;
• zik3 cyu5 - literary.

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cék-cê̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ t͡søy²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zig⁴ tiao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsik thiău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sik̚²⁻⁴ tʰiau³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁷ciq-zy
    • MiniDict: cih^入 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jiq-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɪʔ³³ zz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

脊柱

1. (anatomy) vertebral column; spinal column; backbone; spine

Synonyms

• 脊樑骨／脊梁骨 (jǐlianggǔ)
• 脊椎 (jǐzhuī)
• (Sichuan) 背脊骨

Derived terms

• 脊柱側彎／脊柱侧弯 (jǐzhù cèwān)
• 脊柱炎 (jǐzhùyán)
• 脊柱裂 (jǐzhùliè)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
脊	柱
せき Grade: S	ちゅう Grade: 3
kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せきちゅう [sèkíchúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞kʲi̥t͡ɕɨᵝː]

Noun

脊(せき)柱(ちゅう) • (sekichū) 

1. a vertebral column; a spinal column

   Synonym: 背骨 (sebone)

   Meronyms: 椎骨 (tsuikotsu), 仙骨 (senkotsu), 尾骨 (bikotsu)