Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
骨
gǔ
Description
“骨”是我们身体里面很硬的东西，它帮助我们站起来、走路。
"骨" is the hard stuff inside our bodies that helps us stand up and walk.
我们常说“骨头”，鱼和肉里面也有骨头。
We often say "骨头"; fish and meat also have 骨头.
Meanings
骨gǔ
bone (in the body)
他摔倒了，骨头断了。
He fell and broke a bone.
骨gǔ
bone in fish or meat
吃鱼的时候小心骨头。
Be careful of bones when eating fish.
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Notes
- Nuance
in everyday speech people say 骨头 (gǔtou), not the single character 骨.
- Etymology
骨 is a pictograph of a bone joint, one of the oldest Chinese characters.
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