jǐ liáng

HSK 7–9

脊梁 (jǐ liáng) is a Chinese word meaning “backbone; spine; Taiwan pr. [ji3 liang5]”.

Meanings

  1. 1backbone
  2. 2spine
  3. 3Taiwan pr. [ji3 liang5]
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 脊梁

脊jǐ · (bound form) spine; backbone梁liáng · roof beam

Related words

脊椎vertebra山脊mountain ridge桥梁bridge (lit. and fig.)梁roof beam梁Liang Dynasty (502–557)梁variant of 梁[liang2]脊(bound form) spine; backbone脊柱spinal column脊髓spinal cord横梁beam鼻梁bridge of the nose脊骨backbone

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