脊
梁

Backbone in Chinese: 脊梁 (jǐ liáng)

jǐ liáng

backbone

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1backbone
  2. 2spine
  3. 3Taiwan pr. [jǐ liang]

Stroke order

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脊
梁

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧˇ

jǐ

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

ㄌㄧㄤˊ

liáng

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

See 脊梁 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他挺直脊梁,勇敢地站了出来。

    tā tǐng zhí jǐ liáng, yǒng gǎn dì zhàn le chū lái。

    He straightened his back and bravely stood up.

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Related words

桥梁

qiáo liáng

bridge (lit. and fig.)

栋梁

dòng liáng

ridgepole

棘手

jí shǒu

thorny (problem)

集会

jí huì

to gather

集结

jí jié

to assemble

集邮

jí yóu

stamp collecting

集装箱

jí zhuāng xiāng

container (for shipping)

集资

jí zī

to raise money

嫉妒

jí dù

to be jealous of

几率

jī lǜ

probability

挤压

jǐ yā

to squeeze

计

jì

to calculate

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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