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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *領* | 領* | *領
neck / collar / to lead / to receive / classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
HSK 3
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
to crane one's neck / to await eagerly / to lead / to show the way
HSK 7-9
neck / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
neck of a bottle / (fig.) bottleneck / problem that impedes progress
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
neck
HSK 7-9
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
  *翁* | 翁* | *翁
elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脖* | 脖* | *脖
neck
to crane one's neck / (fig.) with one's neck outstretched in expectation
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頸* | 頸* | *頸
neck
neck / throat
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頡* | 頡* | *頡
(of a bird) to fly upwards / (of the neck) stiff
cervical vertebra / the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals
greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck
(dialect) neck
cervix; the neck of the uterus
(idiom) to run neck and neck; to keep pace with; to keep abreast of; on par with one another
trapezius muscle (of the upper back and neck)
disagreeable / hateful / a pain in the neck
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
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up
neck
annoying person / troublemaker / pain in the neck
to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work / to make an all-out effort / up to the neck in work
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *甇* | 甇* | *甇
earthen jar with long neck
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *脰* | 脰* | *脰
(literary) neck
neck
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *珞* | 珞* | *珞
neck-ornament
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罃* | 罃* | *罃
earthen jar with long neck
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鈃* | 鈃* | *鈃
long-necked wine flask
to stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom); fig. to yearn for sth
waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck (idiom) / to look forward eagerly / to long for / also pr. [qiao4 zu2 yin3 ling3]
back of the neck; nape
lit. reins together and carriages level (idiom); keeping exactly abreast of one another / running neck and neck
folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation
viśuddha or visuddha, the throat chakra 查克拉, residing in the neck
crew neck / round neck (of pull-over garment, e.g. T-shirt)
to watch sb closely / to breathe down sb's neck / to mark (sports)
to have a stiff neck after sleeping / (of the head) to touch the pillow
visceral arch (gill-bearing arch or its vestigial crease on sides of neck of vertebrates)
lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom) / fig. whoever started the trouble should end it
green, long-necked mythical bird
(bird species of China) rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nipalensis)
(bird species of China) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
cervix; the neck of the uterus
wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle (Palea steindachneri)
(slang) a guy who is like a prawn: yummy body, but not so appealing above the neck
back of neck
to annoy people / to be a pain in the neck
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) grey-necked bunting (Emberiza buchanani)
tanystropheus, long-necked reptile from Triassic
a crick in the neck / stiff neck
wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle (Palea steindachneri)
to extend one's neck in preparation for execution (idiom)
(bird species of China) spot-necked babbler (Stachyris strialata)
retort / bottle with curved neck
(bird species of China) rufous-necked laughingthrush (Pterorhinus ruficollis)
(bird species of China) rufous-necked snowfinch (Pyrgilauda ruficollis)
(bird species of China) white-necked laughingthrush (Garrulax strepitans)
(bird species of China) Asian woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus)
(bird species of China) red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis)
(bird species of China) red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
collar / neck
(bird species of China) red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
(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
(of clothing) V-neck
head / neck (as in "to save one's neck", i.e. one's life)
helmet / chain mail hung from head to protect neck
(bird species of China) dark-necked tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)
(bird species of China) black-necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)


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