頸椎

See also: 颈椎

Chinese

		neck	spine; a hammer
trad. (頸椎)		頸	椎
simp. (颈椎)		颈	椎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngzhuī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geng² zeoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kèng-chui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngzhuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngjhuei
    • Wade–Giles: ching³-chui¹
    • Yale: jǐng-jwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingjuei
    • Palladius: цзинчжуй (czinčžuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geng² zeoi¹
    • Yale: géng jēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: geng² dzoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géng² zêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛːŋ³⁵ t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-chui
    • Tâi-lô: kìng-tsui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keangzuy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁴⁴/

Noun

頸椎

1. cervical vertebra

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 後顱／后颅, 頷頸骨／颔颈骨, 頷仔骨／颔仔骨

Derived terms

• 頸椎病／颈椎病 (jǐngzhuībìng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頸	椎
けい Hyōgai	つい Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
頚椎

Etymology

頸 (“neck”) +‎ 椎 (“vertebra”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けーつい [kéꜜètsùì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːt͡sɨi]

Noun

頸(けい)椎(つい) • (keitsui) 

1. a cervical vertebra

   Hypernym: 椎骨 (tsuikotsu)

   Hyponyms: 環椎 (kantsui), 軸椎 (jikutsui)