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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *相* | 相* | *相
each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶 (a fret on the soundboard is called a )
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *項* | 項* | *項
back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *領* | 領* | *領
neck / collar / to lead / to receive / classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
HSK 3
lit. reins together and carriages level (idiom); keeping exactly abreast of one another / running neck and neck
neck of a bottle / (fig.) bottleneck / problem that impedes progress
HSK 7-9
to crane one's neck / to await eagerly / to lead / to show the way
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis)
trapezius muscle (of the upper back and neck)
(idiom) to run neck and neck; to keep pace with; to keep abreast of; on par with one another
sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
(bird species of China) rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nipalensis)
cervix; the neck of the uterus
neck
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *絞* | 絞* | *絞
to twist (strands into a thread) / to entangle / to wring / to hang (by the neck) / to turn / to wind / classifier for skeins of yarn
HSK 7-9
greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck
to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work / to make an all-out effort / up to the neck in work
annoying person / troublemaker / pain in the neck
neck / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頡* | 頡* | *頡
(of a bird) to fly upwards / (of the neck) stiff
to watch sb closely / to breathe down sb's neck / to mark (sports)
head / neck (as in "to save one's neck", i.e. one's life)
form of therapeutic massage, mainly for children, in which a roll of skin is squeezed, working from the base of the spine to the neck (TCM)
(bird species of China) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翁* | 翁* | *翁
elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old)
back of the neck; nape
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *珞* | 珞* | *珞
neck-ornament
(Chinese legend) a patch of scales on a dragon's neck that grow in the opposite direction, which when touched enrages the dragon / (fig.) sensitive subject or trigger issue that provokes a strong emotional reaction when sb's views on it are challenged
(dialect) neck
(bird species of China) rufous-necked snowfinch (Pyrgilauda ruficollis)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鈃* | 鈃* | *鈃
long-necked wine flask
to annoy people / to be a pain in the neck
(of clothing) V-neck
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up
crew neck / round neck (of pull-over garment, e.g. T-shirt)
disagreeable / hateful / a pain in the neck
(bird species of China) dark-necked tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)
wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle (Palea steindachneri)
folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *甇* | 甇* | *甇
earthen jar with long neck
(bird species of China) red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
(bird species of China) rufous-necked laughingthrush (Pterorhinus ruficollis)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脰* | 脰* | *脰
(literary) neck
to have a stiff neck after sleeping / (of the head) to touch the pillow
collar / neck
to crane one's neck / (fig.) with one's neck outstretched in expectation
waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck (idiom) / to look forward eagerly / to long for / also pr. [qiao4 zu2 yin3 ling3]
(bird species of China) grey-necked bunting (Emberiza buchanani)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罃* | 罃* | *罃
earthen jar with long neck
(bird species of China) black-necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
(bird species of China) Asian woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus)
helmet / chain mail hung from head to protect neck
cervix; the neck of the uterus
retort / bottle with curved neck
lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom) / fig. whoever started the trouble should end it
neck / throat
green, long-necked mythical bird
cervical vertebra / the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脖* | 脖* | *脖
neck
(slang) a guy who is like a prawn: yummy body, but not so appealing above the neck
back of neck
neck
neck
(bird species of China) red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
to extend one's neck in preparation for execution (idiom)
visceral arch (gill-bearing arch or its vestigial crease on sides of neck of vertebrates)
a crick in the neck / stiff neck
wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle (Palea steindachneri)
tanystropheus, long-necked reptile from Triassic
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頸* | 頸* | *頸
neck
to stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom); fig. to yearn for sth
viśuddha or visuddha, the throat chakra 查克拉, residing in the neck
(bird species of China) white-necked laughingthrush (Garrulax strepitans)
(bird species of China) spot-necked babbler (Stachyris strialata)


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