jǐ liang

脊梁 (jǐ liang) is a Chinese word meaning “(coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate)”.

Meanings

  1. 1(coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate)

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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