頸椎

See also: 颈椎

Chinese

		neck	spine; a hammer
trad. (頸椎)		頸	椎
simp. (颈椎)		颈	椎

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǐngzhuī

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): geng² zeoi¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kèng-chui / kéng-chui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngzhuī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngjhuei
  - Wade–Giles: ching³-chui¹
  - Yale: jǐng-jwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingjuei
  - Palladius: цзинчжуй (czinčžuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: geng² zeoi¹
  - Yale: géng jēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: geng² dzoey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: géng² zêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛːŋ³⁵ t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-chui
  - Tâi-lô: kìng-tsui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keangzuy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-chui
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-tsui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefngzuy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sui⁴⁴/

Noun

頸椎

cervical vertebra

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 後顱／后颅, 頷頸骨／颔颈骨, 頷仔骨／颔仔骨

Derived terms

頸椎病 / 颈椎病 (jǐngzhuībìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
頸	椎
けい Hyōgai	つい Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
頚椎

Etymology

頸 (“neck”) +‎ 椎 (“vertebra”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けーつい [kéꜜètsùì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ke̞ːt͡sɨi]

Noun

頸(けい)椎(つい) • (keitsui)

a cervical vertebra
Hypernym: 椎骨 (tsuikotsu)

Hyponyms: 環椎 (kantsui), 軸椎 (jikutsui)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN