枕骨

Chinese

		pillow	bone
trad. (枕骨)		枕	骨
simp. ^#(枕骨)		枕	骨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhěngǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˇ ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zam² gwat¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chím-kut

(Teochew, Peng'im): zim² gug⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhěngǔ [Phonetic: zhéngǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˇ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhěngǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chên³-ku³
  - Yale: jěn-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeenguu
  - Palladius: чжэньгу (čžɛnʹgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zam² gwat¹
  - Yale: jám gwāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzam² gwat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: zem² gued¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm³⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chím-kut
  - Tâi-lô: tsím-kut
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cymkud
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kut̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kut̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kut̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kut̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kut̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zim² gug⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsím kuk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sim⁵²⁻³⁵ kuk̚²/

Noun

枕骨

(anatomy) occipital bone

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 食骨, 偷食骨
(Teochew) 後斗骨

Derived terms

枕骨大孔 (zhěngǔdàkǒng)