脖 (bó): neck
脖 (bó) is a Chinese character meaning “neck.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺼ (semantic) and 孛 (phonetic). It ranks #2127 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 脖 flesh. Its radical form 肉 (meat) appears in many related characters such as 肉 (ròu, meat), 能 (néng, can), 背 (bèi, the back of a body or object).
Definitions
- neck
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 脖
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脖颈 | bó gěng | back of the neck |
| 脚脖子noun | jiǎo bó zi | (coll.) ankle |
| 围脖noun | wéi bó | muffler |
| 抹脖子 | mǒ bó zi | to slit one's own throat |
| 手脖子noun | shǒu bó zi | wrist (dialect) |
| 红脖子noun | hóng bó zi | redneck |
| 卡脖子verb | qiǎ bó zi | to squeeze the throat |
| 脸红脖子粗phrase | liǎn hóng bó zi cū | red in the face |
| 牛脖子 | niú bó zi | (coll.) bullheaded |
| 勒脖子 | lēi bó zi | to throttle |
| 绕脖子 | rào bó zi | tricky |
| 脖领noun | bó lǐng | shirt collar |
| 骑脖子拉屎 | qí bó zi lā shǐ | (lit.) to take a dump while riding on sb's shoulders (saying) |
| 脖梗子 | bó gěng zi | variant of 脖頸子|脖颈子 |
| 窝脖儿 | wō bó r | to suffer a snub |
脖 appears in 21 compound words: 38 as the first character, 5 as the last, and 57 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 脖 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
围巾围着脖子保暖。
Wéijīn wéi zhe bó zi bǎo nuǎn.
The scarf wraps around the neck to keep warm.
女子与游民擦肩而过 却被割脖生命垂危 路人此举救命
nǚ zǐ yǔ yóu mín cā jiān ér guò què bèi gē bó shēng mìng chuí wēi lù rén cǐ jǔ jiù mìng
Woman Narrowly Avoids Collision with Homeless Man, but Is Slashed in the Neck and Left in Critical Condition; Passersby Step In to Save Her Life
20岁女脖子痛!竟确诊胃癌 医叹:已转移
2 0 suì nǚ bó zǐ tòng ! jìng què zhěn wèi ái yī tàn : yǐ zhuǎn yí
20-Year-Old Woman Suffers Neck Pain! Diagnosed with Stomach Cancer—Doctor Says: It Has Metastasized
高雄某国小爆家长闯校冲突 涉掐脖辱骂学童遭送办
gāo xióng mǒu guó xiǎo bào jiā cháng chuǎng jiào chōng tū shè qiā bó rǔ mà xué tóng zāo sòng bàn
A parent stormed into a Kaohsiung elementary school, leading to a confrontation; the individual was referred to authorities for allegedly choking and verbally abusing a student
儿怨球被踢飞!家长暴怒冲回校“掐脖呛单挑” 2童吓坏请长假
ér yuàn qiú bèi tī fēi ! jiā cháng bào nù chōng huí jiào qiā bó qiàng dān tiāo 2 tóng hè huài qǐng cháng jiǎ
Boy Complains Ball Was Kicked Away! Enraged Parent Storms Back to School, "Grabs Throat, Shouts, and Challenges to a Fight"; Two Children Terrified, Take Extended Leave
載到搶匪!刀架脖問「要錢還要命」 運將哭喊:我要養孩
載 dào 搶 fěi ! dāo jià bó 問 yāo 錢 還 yāo mìng 運 將 kū hǎn wǒ yāo 養 hái
Robbers in the cab! Knife to the neck: "Money or your life?" Driver cries out: "I have kids to raise!"
女孩的脖子上围着一条长长的围巾。
Nǚhái de bózi shàng wéi zhe yī tiáo cháng cháng de wéijīn.
The girl had a long scarf around her neck.
放开我，你正在掐着我的脖子。
Fàngkāi wǒ, nǐ zhèngzài qiā zhe wǒ de bózi.
Let me go, you're choking me.
小猫的脖子上系着一条丝带。
Xiǎomāo de bózi shàng jì zhe yī tiáo sīdài.
The cat had a ribbon around its neck.
他抓住了我的脖子。
Tā zhuāzhù le wǒ de bózi.
He seized me by the neck.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the ⺼ (flesh) component
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