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脖子
bózi
1. neck
2. CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 3%

Character Breakdown

脖
bó
neck
HSK 5 11 丶
子
zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
HSK 1 3 丶

Compound Words (8)

勒脖子
lēibózi
to throttle
卡脖子
qiǎbózi
to strangle (literally or figuratively)
手脖子
shǒubózi
wrist (dialect)
抹脖子
mǒbózi
to slit one's own throat
牛脖子
niúbózi
(coll.) bullheaded
红脖子
hóngbózi
redneck (mildly disparaging term for poor white Americans, sim. hillbilly)
绕脖子
ràobózi
tricky
脸红脖子粗
liǎnhóngbózicū
red in the face

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