脖 bó neck
How to remember 脖: 月 meat + 孛 thrive = neck. Thanks to all the meat he eats, the boxer's muscles thrive and grow, until no shirt will close around his thick neck.
Component breakdown
脖 = 月 meat + 孛 thrive
- 月 meat
- 孛 thrive
Thanks to all the meat he eats, the boxer's muscles thrive and grow, until no shirt will close around his thick neck.
How it is used
- The neck - 脖子 (bózi), the everyday word: 围脖 a scarf (round the neck).
- 脖子疼 (bózi téng) = a sore neck.
- 卡脖子 (qiǎ bózi) = to choke/to have a stranglehold on (figurative: 卡脖子技术 a chokepoint technology someone else controls).
- Bound with 子 suffix as 脖子; 脖 rarely appears alone.